KERMIT EL

As an average-sized elementary school in KERMIT, Texas, KERMIT EL hosts 631 students from grades pre-K through 5, run under KERMIT ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so KERMIT EL sits 22% above that benchmark.

Within KERMIT ISD, which oversees 3 schools and 1,339 students, KERMIT EL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, KERMIT EL logs that 86% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest is composed of 13% White. The wider county runs roughly 63% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, KERMIT EL records 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 21.2:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 74% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, KERMIT EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.5%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Winkler County put median household earnings sit near $86,900, about 11% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Winkler County's 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,777 students), KERMIT EL is one campus in the mix.

KERMIT H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, KERMIT EL comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 37.2%.

KERMIT EL operates from a town-center location.

Over the past 7-year window. KERMIT EL's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 636 (now 631). Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 80% to 86%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 16.7:1 in 2018 to 21.2:1 today.

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