LINDEN EL

LINDEN EL is an elementary-level community of cozy scale in LINDEN, Texas, run under LINDEN-KILDARE CISD, instructing 299 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 42% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Within LINDEN-KILDARE CISD, which oversees 3 schools and 617 students, LINDEN EL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, LINDEN EL records that White students make up the majority at 56%. The remainder is composed of 18% Black, 13% Hispanic, 10% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 76% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, LINDEN EL has 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 66% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, LINDEN EL is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 45.4%; LINDEN EL posts 31.2%, -14.2 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Cass County shows median household income runs about $53,813, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cass County's 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,268 students), LINDEN EL is one campus in the mix.

LINDEN-KILDARE H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 3.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around LINDEN EL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LINDEN EL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 49.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. LINDEN EL's enrollment has edged down 10% since 2018, when it stood at 334 (now 299). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 64% to 56%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 12.1:1 today.

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