GIVENS EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER

Set in PARIS, Texas, GIVENS EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER is a rural-scale elementary campus, part of PARIS ISD. It instructs 112 students across grade pre-K. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 78% below typical.

PARIS ISD runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 3,832 students. GIVENS EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, GIVENS EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (34%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest comes out to 33% White, 20% Black, 13% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 10%.

On the income-and-resources front, GIVENS EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER lists 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 71% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Lamar County (around 61%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

In the surrounding community, Lamar County reports that the typical household earns roughly $61,880 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. GIVENS EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER is one of 21 public schools in Lamar County (combined enrollment of about 8,516 students).

The closest other public school is LAMAR COUNTY HEAD START, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around GIVENS EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER.

GIVENS EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER operates from a small-town location.

Looking at the recent track record. GIVENS EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER's enrollment has fell 12% since 2018, when it stood at 127 (now 112). Over the same period, the Black share edged down from 24% to 20%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 14.1:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 today.

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