Maypearl Primary School

Maypearl Primary School is a small elementary school found in MAYPEARL, Texas. The school enrolls 229 students in pre-K through 1. On average, elementary schools in Texas enroll around 519, and this school is 56% below that mark.

Maypearl Primary School is part of MAYPEARL ISD, where 4 schools serve 1,209 students.

The share of White students at Maypearl Primary School is 62%, a majority. Other students are 31% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put Ellis County at about 60% White, close to the school's figure. A diversity index of 52% means there is a 52% chance two randomly chosen students at Maypearl Primary School are from different groups.

The school has 13.6 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 16.9 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Texas have an average ratio of 15.1:1. The school reported 34% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. For comparison, public schools in Ellis County average 51%.

In the surrounding county, Ellis County, the median household earns about $99,595 a year, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Counting Maypearl Primary School, Ellis County has 83 public schools.

Maypearl Primary School's closest public school neighbor is Lorene Smith Kirkpatrick Elementary School, about 0.2 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes 3 other public schools.

The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Rural: Distant, meaning it is in rural territory some distance from an urban area.

The 2020-21-to-2024-25 change in enrollment was a 14% rise, from 201 to 229. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 18.3:1 to 16.9:1.

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