GUESS EL

GUESS EL, a medium-sized elementary-level community in BEAUMONT, Texas, part of BEAUMONT ISD, works with 722 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 39% bigger than typical.

GUESS EL is one of 26 schools operated by BEAUMONT ISD, a district that works with 16,336 students overall.

Demographically, GUESS EL lists that 71% of the student body identifies as Black. Beyond that, the school logs 15% Hispanic, 6% White, 4% Asian, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Jefferson County as a whole is about 33% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, GUESS EL has 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.3:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Jefferson County runs at roughly 71%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, GUESS EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.7%; this one delivers 32.1%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Jefferson County indicate the typical household earns roughly $60,026 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Across Jefferson County's 92 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,825 students), GUESS EL is one campus in the mix.

BOB HOPE SCHOOL BEAUMONT is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around GUESS EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GUESS EL at 5th of 9; the average score across the group is 36.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a high-density area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GUESS EL has edged up 29%, going from 558 students in 2018 to 722 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment ticked up from 51% to 71% over that span.

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