H D STAPLES EL

Located at 505 S MAIN, in JOSHUA, Texas, H D STAPLES EL is a close-knit elementary school that hosts 406 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by JOSHUA ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so H D STAPLES EL sits 22% leaner than that benchmark.

JOSHUA ISD comprises 10 schools with combined enrollment of 6,026 students; H D STAPLES EL is among them.

On the student-mix side, H D STAPLES EL records that the largest single group is White, at 56% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 39% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 72% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, H D STAPLES EL reports 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.6:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, H D STAPLES EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.5%, the actual is 45.8%, a residual of -2.7 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Johnson County put the typical household earns roughly $84,859 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. H D STAPLES EL is one of 77 public schools in Johnson County (combined enrollment of about 39,004 students).

Nearest neighbor: JOSHUA H S, around 0.5 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts H D STAPLES EL at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 56.7%.

H D STAPLES EL operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. H D STAPLES EL's enrollment has fell 20% since 2018, when it stood at 508 (now 406). Hispanic enrollment moved from 25% to 39% across the same window.

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