MALONE EL

Set in MALONE, Texas, MALONE EL is an one-room-style primary school, run under MALONE ISD. It works with 63 students across grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 88% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Operationally, MALONE EL answers to MALONE ISD, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MALONE EL reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 65%. The remainder breaks down as 27% White, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 23% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 6.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 94% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Hill County runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MALONE EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.0%, the actual is 31.9%, a residual of -1.1 points.

In the area at large, Hill County reports that the typical household earns roughly $64,591 per year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Hill County's 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,430 students), MALONE EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is PENELOPE SCHOOL, roughly 4.6 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, MALONE EL comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 43.0%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MALONE EL has decreased 60%, going from 158 students in 2018 to 63 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 55% to 65% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.4:1 in 2018 to 6.3:1 in 2025.

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