MAYES EL

Set in DENISON, Texas, MAYES EL is a medium-sized elementary-level community, overseen by DENISON ISD. It educates 508 students across grades pre-K through 4.

MAYES EL is one of 10 schools operated by DENISON ISD, a district that works with 4,977 students overall.

In terms of who attends, MAYES EL reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 35% White, 10% multiracial, 7% Black. The wider county runs roughly 16% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, MAYES EL has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting MAYES EL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 68% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Grayson County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, MAYES EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.5%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Grayson County put median household income runs about $72,182, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Grayson County's 68 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,915 students), MAYES EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is B MCDANIEL INT, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, MAYES EL comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 45.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 11%: 458 students in 2018 compared to 508 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 52% to 35% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 15.9:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 in 2025.

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