HELEN EDWARD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER

HELEN EDWARD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER operates as a moderately sized elementary campus in KAUFMAN, Texas, one of the schools within KAUFMAN ISD. Current enrollment sits at 505 students spanning grades pre-K through K.

Across the 7 schools in KAUFMAN ISD (4,356 students total), HELEN EDWARD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, HELEN EDWARD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 61% of enrollment; the rest reads as 31% White, 4% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Kaufman County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 79% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Kaufman County (around 59%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Around the school, census data for Kaufman County shows median household earnings sit near $89,485, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. HELEN EDWARD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER is one of 65 public schools in Kaufman County (combined enrollment of about 41,319 students).

J R PHILLIPS EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

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

Over the past 7-year window. HELEN EDWARD EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER's enrollment has expanded 13% since 2018, when it stood at 445 (now 505). White enrollment moved from 38% to 31% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 today.

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