MARTIN EL

MARTIN EL is one of the medium-sized elementary-level communitys in BEAUMONT, Texas, part of BEAUMONT ISD, with 517 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Within BEAUMONT ISD, which oversees 26 schools and 16,336 students, MARTIN EL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, MARTIN EL logs that 85% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. Other groups include 10% Hispanic, 3% White. By comparison, Jefferson County as a whole is about 33% Black, so the school skews considerably more Black than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, MARTIN EL reports 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 97% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Jefferson County (around 71%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, MARTIN EL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 31.4%; this one comes in at 14.0%, -17.4 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, census data for Jefferson County shows the typical household earns roughly $60,026 per year, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. In all, Jefferson County runs 92 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,825 students), of which MARTIN EL is one.

DR MAE E JONES-CLARK EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MARTIN EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MARTIN EL at 8th of 8; the average score across the group is 40.3%.

The school occupies a metropolitan site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 18%: 627 students in 2018 compared to 517 in 2025.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.