LOST PINES EL

LOST PINES EL is one of the expansive elementary campuss in BASTROP, Texas, part of BASTROP ISD, with 896 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so LOST PINES EL sits 73% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 16 schools in BASTROP ISD (13,370 students total), LOST PINES EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, LOST PINES EL lists that nearly all students (85%) are Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 10% White, 2% multiracial, 2% Black. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 45%.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.4:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 82% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Bastrop County runs at roughly 67%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, LOST PINES EL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 38.0%; actual is 22.9%, a gap of -15.1 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Bastrop County indicate median household earnings sit near $86,226, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Bastrop County's 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,931 students), LOST PINES EL is one campus in the mix.

BASTROP COUNTY JUVENILE BOOT CAMP is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LOST PINES EL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 46.9%.

LOST PINES EL operates from a town-based location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LOST PINES EL has increased 42%, going from 632 students in 2018 to 896 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 79% to 85% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 15.1:1 in 2018 to 16.4:1 in 2025.

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