MACARTHUR EL

As a medium-sized K-5 school in GALENA PARK, Texas, MACARTHUR EL caters to 556 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of GALENA PARK ISD.

GALENA PARK ISD runs 26 schools in total, collectively educating 20,862 students. MACARTHUR EL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, MACARTHUR EL lists that 93% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 5% Black. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 90% of students at MACARTHUR EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably above Harris County's rate of about 70%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MACARTHUR EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.6%; this one delivers 45.7%.

In the broader community, Harris County reports that median household earnings sit near $74,983, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which MACARTHUR EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: GALENA PARK H S, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MACARTHUR EL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 44.4%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Looking at the recent track record. MACARTHUR EL's enrollment has decreased 28% since 2018, when it stood at 768 (now 556). Hispanic enrollment moved from 89% to 93% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 today.

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