IRVIN EL

IRVIN EL is an elementary school of mid-tier scale in MIDLOTHIAN, Texas, part of MIDLOTHIAN ISD, educateing 611 students in grades pre-K through 5.

MIDLOTHIAN ISD comprises 14 schools with combined enrollment of 11,356 students; IRVIN EL is among them.

Demographically, IRVIN EL shows that 45% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest is composed of 37% Hispanic, 12% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Ellis County as a whole is about 60% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, IRVIN EL has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.3:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 59% of students at IRVIN EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Ellis County runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, IRVIN EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.3%; this one delivers 47.0%.

In the surrounding community, Ellis County reports that median household earnings sit near $99,595, roughly 30% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. IRVIN EL is one of 83 public schools in Ellis County (combined enrollment of about 46,344 students).

MIDLOTHIAN H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), IRVIN EL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 56.6%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 73%: 353 students in 2018 compared to 611 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 66% to 45% across the same window.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.