DIXIE HANSEL EL

DIXIE HANSEL EL is a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in KRUM, Texas, run under KRUM ISD. The school teaches 501 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within KRUM ISD, which oversees 5 schools and 2,542 students, DIXIE HANSEL EL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, DIXIE HANSEL EL logs that 44% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 44% White, 5% multiracial, 5% Black. By comparison, Denton County as a whole is about 21% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.1:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Denton County (around 35%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, DIXIE HANSEL EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.7%, the actual is 44.3%, a residual of -9.4 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Denton County) records that the typical household earns roughly $111,498 per year, about 49% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. DIXIE HANSEL EL is one of 267 public schools in Denton County (combined enrollment of about 175,222 students).

Nearest neighbor: BLANCHE DODD EL, around 0.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DIXIE HANSEL EL at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 46.7%.

DIXIE HANSEL EL operates from a town-center location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DIXIE HANSEL EL has increased 44%, going from 349 students in 2018 to 501 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 62% to 44% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 15.1:1 today.

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