IRENE CLINKSCALE EL

Located at 600 BLAYKE ST, in BURLESON, Texas, IRENE CLINKSCALE EL is a reasonably sized elementary-level community that serves 609 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within BURLESON ISD.

IRENE CLINKSCALE EL is one of 18 schools operated by BURLESON ISD, a district that works with 12,759 students overall.

Demographically, IRENE CLINKSCALE EL lists that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 25% Hispanic, 13% Black, 7% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 72%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Johnson County (around 51%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

With demographic context factored in, IRENE CLINKSCALE EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.7%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Johnson County put the typical household earns roughly $84,859 per year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Johnson County runs 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 39,004 students), of which IRENE CLINKSCALE EL is one.

BURLESON H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around IRENE CLINKSCALE EL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), IRENE CLINKSCALE EL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 61.7%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at IRENE CLINKSCALE EL has contracted 7%, going from 654 students in 2018 to 609 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 74% to 53% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

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