MARY JO SHEPPARD EL

As a low-enrollment elementary-level community in MANSFIELD, Texas, MARY JO SHEPPARD EL educates 440 students from grades pre-K through 4, overseen by MANSFIELD ISD.

Within MANSFIELD ISD, which oversees 47 schools and 35,354 students, MARY JO SHEPPARD EL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, MARY JO SHEPPARD EL logs that the largest single group is White at 32%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 30% Black, 27% Hispanic, 9% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 48%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, MARY JO SHEPPARD EL has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 62% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, MARY JO SHEPPARD EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.9%, the actual is 46.8%, a residual of -0.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Tarrant County put median household earnings sit near $84,207, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Tarrant County runs 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), of which MARY JO SHEPPARD EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: DONNA SHEPARD ACADEMY, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MARY JO SHEPPARD EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MARY JO SHEPPARD EL at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 63.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a residential area.

Five-year trend. MARY JO SHEPPARD EL's enrollment has ticked down 8% since 2018, when it stood at 478 (now 440). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 44% to 32%.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.