LAPOYNOR EL

Set in LARUE, Texas, LAPOYNOR EL is a tight-knit elementary campus, overseen by LAPOYNOR ISD. It educates 214 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so LAPOYNOR EL sits 59% below that benchmark.

Across the 3 schools in LAPOYNOR ISD (479 students total), LAPOYNOR EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, LAPOYNOR EL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%); the rest breaks down as 7% Black, 5% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, LAPOYNOR EL logs 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting LAPOYNOR EL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Henderson County (around 66%), the school's rate is south of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, LAPOYNOR EL is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 53.5%; LAPOYNOR EL posts 32.2%, -21.3 points below that line.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Henderson County) records that the typical household earns roughly $65,179 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. LAPOYNOR EL is one of 32 public schools in Henderson County (combined enrollment of about 11,150 students).

The closest other public school is LAPOYNOR H S, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LAPOYNOR EL at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 50.0%.

LAPOYNOR EL operates from a low-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LAPOYNOR EL has shrank 10%, going from 238 students in 2018 to 214 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment contracted from 9% to 5% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 9.7:1 in 2025.

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