GOLIAD EL

GOLIAD EL is one of the reasonably sized K-5 schools in GOLIAD, Texas, operated by GOLIAD ISD, with 550 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

GOLIAD ISD runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,244 students. GOLIAD EL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, GOLIAD EL shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder breaks down as 45% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Goliad County as a whole is about 32% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, GOLIAD EL shows 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 51% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, GOLIAD EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.7%, the actual is 45.5%, a residual of -6.2 points.

Zooming out to the county, Goliad County reports that the typical household earns roughly $59,359 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. In all, Goliad County runs 3 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,244 students), of which GOLIAD EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: GOLIAD MIDDLE, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around GOLIAD EL. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GOLIAD EL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 49.5%.

GOLIAD EL operates from a rural location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GOLIAD EL has declined 25%, going from 734 students in 2018 to 550 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

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