HOLLIS T DIETZ EL

HOLLIS T DIETZ EL operates as a mid-tier K-5 school in HEARTLAND, Texas, overseen by CRANDALL ISD. Current enrollment sits at 568 students spanning grades pre-K through 6.

CRANDALL ISD runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 6,922 students. HOLLIS T DIETZ EL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, HOLLIS T DIETZ EL reports that the most-represented group is Black (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 35% Hispanic, 15% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 19% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, HOLLIS T DIETZ EL has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.0:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 59% of students at HOLLIS T DIETZ EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, HOLLIS T DIETZ EL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 48.2%; actual is 31.8%, a gap of -16.4 points.

Across the wider county, 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 roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Kaufman County's 65 public schools (combined enrollment of about 41,319 students), HOLLIS T DIETZ EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: BARBARA WALKER EL, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HOLLIS T DIETZ EL. On composite proficiency, HOLLIS T DIETZ EL comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 43.1%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. HOLLIS T DIETZ EL's enrollment has edged up 14% since 2018, when it stood at 500 (now 568). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 41% to 15% over that span.

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