JACKSON/ROOSEVELT EL

JACKSON/ROOSEVELT EL is a heavily attended elementary-level community in PORT LAVACA, Texas, overseen by CALHOUN COUNTY ISD. The school educates 836 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 61% above the state mean of about 519.

Within CALHOUN COUNTY ISD, which oversees 7 schools and 3,514 students, JACKSON/ROOSEVELT EL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, JACKSON/ROOSEVELT EL logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 76%; the rest looks like 21% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 49%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, JACKSON/ROOSEVELT EL has 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting JACKSON/ROOSEVELT EL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 73% of students at JACKSON/ROOSEVELT EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, JACKSON/ROOSEVELT EL ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 42.4%; JACKSON/ROOSEVELT EL posts 57.9%, +15.5 points above that line.

In the area at large, Calhoun County reports that median household income runs about $79,959, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. JACKSON/ROOSEVELT EL is one of 7 public schools in Calhoun County (combined enrollment of about 3,514 students).

Nearest neighbor: TRAVIS MIDDLE, around 1.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts JACKSON/ROOSEVELT EL at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 40.2%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JACKSON/ROOSEVELT EL has contracted 7%, going from 900 students in 2018 to 836 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 69% to 76% over that span.

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