IRVING EL

IRVING EL is an elementary-level community of compact scale in CLEBURNE, Texas, overseen by CLEBURNE ISD, educateing 405 students in grades pre-K through 4. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so IRVING EL sits 22% smaller than that benchmark.

IRVING EL is one of 11 schools operated by CLEBURNE ISD, a district that hosts 6,877 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, IRVING EL records that 60% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 28% White, 5% Black, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 80% of students at IRVING EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Johnson County's rate of about 51%.

After controlling for student poverty, IRVING EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 37.5%.

Around the school, census data for Johnson County shows median household earnings sit near $84,859, 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 IRVING EL is one.

The closest other public school is SANTA FE EL, roughly 1.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around IRVING EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts IRVING EL at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 38.7%.

IRVING EL operates from a town-based location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at IRVING EL has ticked down 16%, going from 481 students in 2018 to 405 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 33% to 28% across the same window.

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