LONE OAK EL

LONE OAK EL is an elementary-level community of middle-of-the-pack scale in LONE OAK, Texas, one of the schools within LONE OAK ISD, hosting 540 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within LONE OAK ISD, which oversees 4 schools and 1,137 students, LONE OAK EL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, LONE OAK EL shows that the largest single group is White, at 69% of enrollment. Other groups include 22% Hispanic, 8% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Hunt County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 49% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Hunt County (around 61%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, LONE OAK EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.3%; this one delivers 45.6%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Hunt County put the typical household earns roughly $71,938 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Hunt County runs 45 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,771 students), of which LONE OAK EL is one.

The closest other public school is LONE OAK MIDDLE, roughly 0.1 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LONE OAK EL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 45.4%.

LONE OAK EL operates from a low-density location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 19%: 453 students in 2018 compared to 540 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 87% to 69% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 today.

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