MOUND EL

As a close-knit elementary school in BURLESON, Texas, MOUND EL instructs 397 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of BURLESON ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 24% smaller than the state mean of about 519.

BURLESON ISD comprises 18 schools with combined enrollment of 12,759 students; MOUND EL is among them.

In terms of who attends, MOUND EL lists that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 22% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 5% Black.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting MOUND EL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 52% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, MOUND EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.1%, the actual is 54.9%, a residual of +3.8 points.

In the area at large, Johnson County reports that the typical household earns roughly $84,859 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Johnson County runs 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 39,004 students), of which MOUND EL is one.

HUGHES MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, MOUND EL comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 56.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. MOUND EL's enrollment has edged down 4% since 2018, when it stood at 412 (now 397). White enrollment moved from 74% to 67% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

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