MARCY EL

MARCY EL operates as a middle-of-the-pack primary school in BIG SPRING, Texas, one of the schools within BIG SPRING ISD. Current enrollment sits at 513 students spanning grades 1 through 2.

BIG SPRING ISD comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 3,742 students; MARCY EL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, MARCY EL shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 72%. The remainder breaks down as 19% White, 5% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 48% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, MARCY EL has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting MARCY EL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 72% of students at MARCY EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Howard County runs at roughly 60%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Across the wider county, Howard County reports that the typical household earns roughly $69,649 per year, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. MARCY EL is one of 15 public schools in Howard County (combined enrollment of about 5,521 students).

GOLIAD EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 2.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around MARCY EL.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 24%: 415 students in 2018 compared to 513 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 65% to 72%.

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