NATALIA EL

NATALIA EL is a cozy elementary-level community in NATALIA, Texas, one of the schools within NATALIA ISD. The school educates 426 students in grades 2 through 5.

Within NATALIA ISD, which oversees 4 schools and 1,315 students, NATALIA EL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, NATALIA EL reports that nearly all students (85%) are Hispanic. The remainder consists of 14% White. By comparison, Medina County as a whole is about 52% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.4:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 65% of students at NATALIA EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Medina County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, NATALIA EL is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 45.6%; NATALIA EL posts 31.6%, -14.0 points below that line.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Medina County indicate median household income runs about $78,074, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. NATALIA EL is one of 24 public schools in Medina County (combined enrollment of about 13,127 students).

NATALIA J H is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around NATALIA EL. On composite proficiency, NATALIA EL comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 32.4%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. NATALIA EL's enrollment has climbed 38% since 2018, when it stood at 308 (now 426). Class-load math has widened: from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 17.4:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for NATALIA EL typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.