JACK LUMMUS INT

Set in ENNIS, Texas, JACK LUMMUS INT is an average-sized elementary campus, one of the schools within ENNIS ISD. It teaches 515 students across grades 4 through 5.

ENNIS ISD runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 6,646 students. JACK LUMMUS INT is one of those campuses.

On demographics, JACK LUMMUS INT lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder is composed of 28% White, 18% Black, 2% multiracial. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 17.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 66% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Ellis County (around 51%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, JACK LUMMUS INT tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.8%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Ellis County indicate median household earnings sit near $99,595, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Ellis County runs 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,344 students), of which JACK LUMMUS INT is one.

The closest other public school is ALAMO MIDDLE, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JACK LUMMUS INT. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts JACK LUMMUS INT at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 44.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JACK LUMMUS INT has ticked down 23%, going from 666 students in 2018 to 515 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share declined from 58% to 51%. Class-load math has rose: from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 17.0:1 in 2025.

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