MAXFIELD EL

MAXFIELD EL is one of the one-room-style K-5 schools in GORMAN, Texas, one of the schools within GORMAN ISD, with 108 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so MAXFIELD EL sits 79% below that benchmark.

GORMAN ISD runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 242 students. MAXFIELD EL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, MAXFIELD EL records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 49% White. By comparison, Eastland County as a whole is about 17% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, MAXFIELD EL has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting MAXFIELD EL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 81% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Eastland County (around 58%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, MAXFIELD EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 30.5%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Eastland County put the typical household earns roughly $53,549 per year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. MAXFIELD EL is one of 16 public schools in Eastland County (combined enrollment of about 2,515 students).

GORMAN MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, MAXFIELD EL comes 9th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 58.2%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MAXFIELD EL has decreased 28%, going from 151 students in 2018 to 108 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 34% to 51%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.2:1 in 2018 to 8.5:1 today.

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