MANUEL GUAJARDO JR EL

Set in TEXAS CITY, Texas, MANUEL GUAJARDO JR EL is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus, one of the schools within TEXAS CITY ISD. It educates 501 students across grades K through 4.

Across the 15 schools in TEXAS CITY ISD (7,711 students total), MANUEL GUAJARDO JR EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, MANUEL GUAJARDO JR EL logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 25% White, 21% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Galveston County as a whole is about 26% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting MANUEL GUAJARDO JR EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 70% of students at MANUEL GUAJARDO JR EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Galveston County's rate of about 57%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MANUEL GUAJARDO JR EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.5%, the actual is 37.0%, a residual of -6.5 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Galveston County shows median household income runs about $86,105, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Galveston County's 95 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,767 students), MANUEL GUAJARDO JR EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is KOHFELDT EL, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MANUEL GUAJARDO JR EL at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 41.0%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 11%: 561 students in 2018 compared to 501 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 40% to 25% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

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