MART EL

MART EL is a compact K-5 school in MART, Texas, operated by MART ISD. The school enrolls 352 students in grades pre-K through 6. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so MART EL sits 32% smaller than that benchmark.

MART EL is one of 2 schools operated by MART ISD, a district that serves 605 students overall.

Looking at the student body, MART EL shows that 53% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 21% Hispanic, 16% Black, 9% multiracial.

On the resource side, The school lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 66% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MART EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.9%, the actual is 45.3%, a residual of +0.5 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for McLennan County indicate median household earnings sit near $66,643, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across McLennan County's 124 public schools (combined enrollment of about 45,703 students), MART EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: MART H S, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MART EL at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 51.8%.

MART EL operates from an outlying location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MART EL has expanded 21%, going from 292 students in 2018 to 352 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 43% to 53% across the same window.

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