MARVIN BIOMEDICAL ACADEMY

MARVIN BIOMEDICAL ACADEMY is a primary school of middle-of-the-pack scale in WAXAHACHIE, Texas, operated by WAXAHACHIE ISD, educateing 535 students in grades pre-K through 5.

WAXAHACHIE ISD comprises 18 schools with combined enrollment of 11,196 students; MARVIN BIOMEDICAL ACADEMY is among them.

In terms of who attends, MARVIN BIOMEDICAL ACADEMY lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest breaks down as 30% White, 23% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, MARVIN BIOMEDICAL ACADEMY has 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 68% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Ellis County's rate of about 51%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, MARVIN BIOMEDICAL ACADEMY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 36.3%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Ellis County shows the typical household earns roughly $99,595 per year, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Ellis County runs 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,344 students), of which MARVIN BIOMEDICAL ACADEMY is one.

The closest other public school is NORTHSIDE EL, roughly 0.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MARVIN BIOMEDICAL ACADEMY ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 48.5%.

The campus sits in a bedroom-community setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 39%: 384 students in 2018 compared to 535 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 35% to 42%. Class-load math has widened: from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 in 2025.

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