LORENA EL

LORENA EL is a compact primary school in LORENA, Texas, one of the schools within LORENA ISD. The school teaches 409 students in grades 3 through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 21% leaner than the state mean of about 519.

LORENA ISD comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,817 students; LORENA EL is among them.

On the student-mix side, LORENA EL shows that the largest single group is White, at 78% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school lists 16% Hispanic, 2% multiracial, 2% Black. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.7:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 27% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below McLennan County's rate of about 62%.

After controlling for student poverty, LORENA EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 62.2%; this one delivers 58.2%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for McLennan County indicate the typical household earns roughly $66,643 per year, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, McLennan County runs 124 public schools (combined enrollment of about 45,703 students), of which LORENA EL is one.

The closest other public school is LORENA HIGH, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around LORENA EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LORENA EL at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 55.7%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 408 students in 2018 compared to 409 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 14.7:1 today.

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