JACOB'S WELL EL

JACOB'S WELL EL operates as a moderately sized elementary school in WIMBERLEY, Texas, operated by WIMBERLEY ISD. Current enrollment sits at 553 students spanning grades 3 through 5.

WIMBERLEY ISD comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 2,661 students; JACOB'S WELL EL is among them.

Looking at the student body, JACOB'S WELL EL reports that White students make up the majority at 68%; the rest comes out to 26% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, JACOB'S WELL EL records 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 20% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Hays County runs at roughly 46%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, JACOB'S WELL EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 65.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 56.4%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Hays County) records that the typical household earns roughly $89,097 per year, roughly 43% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. JACOB'S WELL EL is one of 63 public schools in Hays County (combined enrollment of about 46,946 students).

Nearest neighbor: WIMBERLEY H S, around 1.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), JACOB'S WELL EL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 65.7%.

JACOB'S WELL EL operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 18%: 678 students in 2018 compared to 553 in 2025.

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