INDUSTRIAL EL EAST
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Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 55 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 19 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 2 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About INDUSTRIAL EL EAST
Located at 390 MAIN, in VANDERBILT, Texas, INDUSTRIAL EL EAST is a small elementary-level community that works with 264 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by INDUSTRIAL ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 49% below the state mean of about 519.
INDUSTRIAL EL EAST is one of 4 schools operated by INDUSTRIAL ISD, a district that works with 1,156 students overall.
In terms of who attends, INDUSTRIAL EL EAST logs that White students make up the majority at 63%. Beyond that, the school logs 33% Hispanic.
Looking at school resources, On paper, INDUSTRIAL EL EAST has 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
With demographic context factored in, INDUSTRIAL EL EAST sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.2%; this one delivers 53.7%.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Jackson County indicate median household earnings sit near $65,414, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Jackson County's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,109 students), INDUSTRIAL EL EAST is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is INDUSTRIAL H S, roughly 0.1 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, INDUSTRIAL EL EAST comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 59.7%.
Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.
Trend over the last 7 years. INDUSTRIAL EL EAST's enrollment has fell 16% since 2018, when it stood at 314 (now 264). Class-load math has grew: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.
In the discussion threads here, members of the INDUSTRIAL EL EAST community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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