KENDRICK EL

As an average-sized primary school in WACO, Texas, KENDRICK EL instructs 446 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by WACO ISD.

WACO ISD comprises 24 schools with combined enrollment of 13,476 students; KENDRICK EL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, KENDRICK EL reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (85%). The remainder comes out to 9% Black, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, KENDRICK EL records 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 94% of students at KENDRICK EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against McLennan County (around 62%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), KENDRICK EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 32.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 21.2%.

In the surrounding community, census data for McLennan County shows median household earnings sit near $66,643, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. KENDRICK EL is one of 124 public schools in McLennan County (combined enrollment of about 45,703 students).

Nearest neighbor: G L WILEY OPPORTUNITY CENTER, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), KENDRICK EL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 27.1%.

The school occupies an inner-city site.

Five-year trend. KENDRICK EL's enrollment has declined 16% since 2018, when it stood at 530 (now 446). Over the same period, the Black share fell from 16% to 9%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.1:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 today.

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