HOOKS EL

HOOKS EL is an elementary school of low-enrollment scale in HOOKS, Texas, run under HOOKS ISD, educateing 323 students in grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 38% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

HOOKS ISD comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 914 students; HOOKS EL is among them.

Looking at the student body, HOOKS EL reports that White students make up the majority at 69%. The remainder breaks down as 13% multiracial, 10% Black, 7% Hispanic.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting HOOKS EL higher than the state norm the norm. About 63% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HOOKS EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.6%, the actual is 57.7%, a residual of +11.1 points.

In the broader community, census data for Bowie County shows median household earnings sit near $59,803, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Bowie County's 46 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,523 students), HOOKS EL is one campus in the mix.

HOOKS H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.4 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HOOKS EL at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 52.9%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Five-year trend. HOOKS EL's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 329 (now 323). The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 18.2:1 today.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.