HARREL EL

HARREL EL is a low-enrollment primary school in KINGSVILLE, Texas, operated by KINGSVILLE ISD. The school caters to 311 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so HARREL EL sits 40% below that benchmark.

Across the 5 schools in KINGSVILLE ISD (2,534 students total), HARREL EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, HARREL EL records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (82%). Beyond that, the school lists 14% White, 4% Black. The wider county runs roughly 71% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, HARREL EL records 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.8:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 90% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Kleberg County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, HARREL EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.6%, the actual is 27.8%, a residual of -6.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Kleberg County indicate median household earnings sit near $61,292, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 19%. HARREL EL is one of 13 public schools in Kleberg County (combined enrollment of about 4,746 students).

SANTA GERTRUDIS ACADEMY H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, HARREL EL comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 39.3%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HARREL EL has contracted 5%, going from 329 students in 2018 to 311 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share increased from 4% to 14%.

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