MARTHA & JOSH MORRISS MATH & ENGINEERING EL

MARTHA & JOSH MORRISS MATH & ENGINEERING EL is an elementary school of modestly sized scale in TEXARKANA, Texas, one of the schools within TEXARKANA ISD, enrolling 351 students in grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 32% below typical.

Within TEXARKANA ISD, which oversees 13 schools and 7,269 students, MARTHA & JOSH MORRISS MATH & ENGINEERING EL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, MARTHA & JOSH MORRISS MATH & ENGINEERING EL lists that White students make up the majority at 58%. The remainder comes out to 19% Black, 7% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 6% Asian.

Looking at the economic backdrop, MARTHA & JOSH MORRISS MATH & ENGINEERING EL reports 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 34% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Bowie County's rate of about 68%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, MARTHA & JOSH MORRISS MATH & ENGINEERING EL ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 59.2%; MARTHA & JOSH MORRISS MATH & ENGINEERING EL posts 96.6%, +37.4 points above that line.

Around the school, census data for Bowie County shows median household earnings sit near $59,803, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Bowie County runs 46 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,523 students), of which MARTHA & JOSH MORRISS MATH & ENGINEERING EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: PLEASANT GROVE H S, around 0.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, MARTHA & JOSH MORRISS MATH & ENGINEERING EL comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 46.5%.

The campus sits in an inner-city setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 14%: 407 students in 2018 compared to 351 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 72% to 58% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 19.3:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 in 2025.

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