LOUISE EL

LOUISE EL is an elementary-level community of modestly sized scale in LOUISE, Texas, operated by LOUISE ISD, hosting 273 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 47% below the state mean of about 519.

LOUISE EL is one of 3 schools operated by LOUISE ISD, a district that works with 535 students overall.

On the student-mix side, LOUISE EL shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 59%. The remainder breaks down as 35% White, 2% Black, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Wharton County as a whole is about 42% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting LOUISE EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 69% of students at LOUISE EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, LOUISE EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.8%, the actual is 39.2%, a residual of -4.6 points.

In the area at large, Wharton County reports that median household earnings sit near $66,924, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Wharton County runs 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,729 students), of which LOUISE EL is one.

The closest other public school is LOUISE J H, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around LOUISE EL. On composite proficiency, LOUISE EL comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 46.1%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. LOUISE EL's enrollment has increased 17% since 2018, when it stood at 233 (now 273). The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for LOUISE EL typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.