LUPE GARCIA EL

LUPE GARCIA EL is an expansive elementary school in FATE, Texas, part of ROCKWALL ISD. The school hosts 864 students in grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 66% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

ROCKWALL ISD comprises 22 schools with combined enrollment of 19,235 students; LUPE GARCIA EL is among them.

On demographics, LUPE GARCIA EL lists that 39% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest is composed of 27% Hispanic, 21% Black, 6% Asian, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 68% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, LUPE GARCIA EL has 51 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 32% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, LUPE GARCIA EL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 60.0%; this one comes in at 43.8%, -16.1 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Rockwall County) records that median household earnings sit near $127,981, roughly 45% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. In all, Rockwall County runs 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 24,104 students), of which LUPE GARCIA EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: HARRY HERNDON EL, around 1.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LUPE GARCIA EL at 8th of 9; the average score across the group is 53.0%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.