HOMER DR EL

HOMER DR EL is a mid-sized elementary-level community in BEAUMONT, Texas, part of BEAUMONT ISD. The school educates 495 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within BEAUMONT ISD, which oversees 26 schools and 16,336 students, HOMER DR EL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, HOMER DR EL lists that nearly all students (85%) are Black; the rest consists of 10% Hispanic, 3% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Jefferson County as a whole is about 33% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, HOMER DR EL reports 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 95% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Jefferson County (around 71%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, HOMER DR EL is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 32.3%; HOMER DR EL posts 16.1%, -16.1 points below that line.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Jefferson County) reports that median household income runs about $60,026, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. In all, Jefferson County runs 92 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,825 students), of which HOMER DR EL is one.

BOB HOPE SCHOOL BEAUMONT is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around HOMER DR EL. On composite proficiency, HOMER DR EL comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 35.0%.

HOMER DR EL operates from a high-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. HOMER DR EL's enrollment has shrank 29% since 2018, when it stood at 701 (now 495). Class-load math has tightened: from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.