JANE RUESTMANN EL

JANE RUESTMANN EL operates as a large elementary school in ARGYLE, Texas, part of ARGYLE ISD. Current enrollment sits at 846 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 63% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Within ARGYLE ISD, which oversees 8 schools and 6,166 students, JANE RUESTMANN EL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, JANE RUESTMANN EL logs that the largest single group is Asian at 43%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder is composed of 39% White, 10% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% Native American. That is noticeably more Asian than the county at large, where the share is closer to 11%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting JANE RUESTMANN EL higher than the state norm the norm. Around 4% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Denton County runs at roughly 35%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), JANE RUESTMANN EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 72.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 77.2%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Denton County indicate the typical household earns roughly $111,498 per year, 49% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Denton County's 267 public schools (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students), JANE RUESTMANN EL is one campus in the mix.

ARGYLE WEST is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around JANE RUESTMANN EL. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), JANE RUESTMANN EL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 67.3%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

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