MOULTON EL

Located at 500 N PECAN, in MOULTON, Texas, MOULTON EL is a rural-scale K-5 school that instructs 170 students (grades pre-K through 6), one of the schools within MOULTON ISD. That puts it 67% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

MOULTON ISD runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 293 students. MOULTON EL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, MOULTON EL reports that 52% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder comes out to 45% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Lavaca County as a whole is about 74% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Lavaca County's rate of about 35%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MOULTON EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.5%, the actual is 54.8%, a residual of +4.3 points.

Across the wider county, Lavaca County reports that median household earnings sit near $63,240, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. MOULTON EL is one of 12 public schools in Lavaca County (combined enrollment of about 2,547 students).

The closest other public school is MOULTON H S, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 5 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, MOULTON EL comes 7th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 59.3%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MOULTON EL has ticked up 10%, going from 154 students in 2018 to 170 in 2025.

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