MCQUEENEY EL

As a tight-knit primary school in MCQUEENEY, Texas, MCQUEENEY EL works with 324 students from grades K through 5, run under SEGUIN ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 38% leaner than the state mean of about 519.

SEGUIN ISD comprises 14 schools with combined enrollment of 7,290 students; MCQUEENEY EL is among them.

Demographically, MCQUEENEY EL shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 63%. The remainder breaks down as 23% White, 8% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Guadalupe County as a whole is about 39% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.6:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 73% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Guadalupe County's rate of about 45%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MCQUEENEY EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.8%, the actual is 40.3%, a residual of -1.5 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Guadalupe County put the typical household earns roughly $92,375 per year, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Guadalupe County's 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,977 students), MCQUEENEY EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is BRIESEMEISTER MIDDLE, roughly 3.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, MCQUEENEY EL comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 31.5%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MCQUEENEY EL has declined 4%, going from 339 students in 2018 to 324 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged down from 75% to 63% over that span.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.