LIPAN EL

LIPAN EL, a modestly sized elementary-level community in LIPAN, Texas, part of LIPAN ISD, hosts 229 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 56% below typical.

LIPAN EL is one of 2 schools operated by LIPAN ISD, a district that instructs 478 students overall.

In terms of who attends, LIPAN EL records that the largest single group is White, at 79% of enrollment; the rest consists of 14% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, LIPAN EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.5%, the actual is 56.1%, a residual of +6.6 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Hood County indicate the typical household earns roughly $88,160 per year, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Hood County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,530 students), of which LIPAN EL is one.

The closest other public school is LIPAN H S, roughly 0.0 miles away. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LIPAN EL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 55.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Looking at the recent track record. LIPAN EL's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 230 (now 229). White enrollment moved from 86% to 79% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. The community welcomes input from current and former families.