GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER EL

GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER EL is an elementary campus of one-room-style scale in KARNACK, Texas, run under KARNACK ISD, hosting 119 students in grades pre-K through 8. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 77% smaller than typical.

GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER EL is a school of KARNACK ISD, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER EL lists that the most-represented group is White (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 38% Black, 13% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 62%.

On the resource side, The school employs 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.5:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 86% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Harrison County's rate of about 61%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 28.7%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Harrison County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $66,103 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Harrison County runs 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,062 students), of which GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: CROCKETT EL, around 11.9 miles off. On composite proficiency, GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER EL comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 36.8%.

GEORGE WASHINGTON CARVER EL operates from an outlying location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 20%: 148 students in 2018 compared to 119 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked up from 24% to 45%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 8.5:1 today.

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