KOHFELDT EL

KOHFELDT EL is an elementary-level community of compact scale in TEXAS CITY, Texas, part of TEXAS CITY ISD, enrolling 429 students in grades K through 4.

KOHFELDT EL is one of 15 schools operated by TEXAS CITY ISD, a district that hosts 7,711 students overall.

On the student-mix side, KOHFELDT EL logs that 59% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 18% Black, 15% White, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Galveston County as a whole is about 26% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, KOHFELDT EL records 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Galveston County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, KOHFELDT EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 38.7%.

In the area at large, Galveston County reports that median household earnings sit near $86,105, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Galveston County's 95 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,767 students), KOHFELDT EL is one campus in the mix.

CALVIN VINCENT PRE-K HEAD START is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), KOHFELDT EL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 40.7%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at KOHFELDT EL has fell 27%, going from 586 students in 2018 to 429 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 23% to 15% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.