NETTIE BACCUS EL

NETTIE BACCUS EL is a primary school of average-sized scale in GRANBURY, Texas, part of GRANBURY ISD, instructing 595 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 10 schools in GRANBURY ISD (7,962 students total), NETTIE BACCUS EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, NETTIE BACCUS EL shows that the largest single group is White at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 46% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 85%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 77% of students at NETTIE BACCUS EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Hood County's rate of about 51%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, NETTIE BACCUS EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.3%, the actual is 41.0%, a residual of +0.7 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Hood County put the typical household earns roughly $88,160 per year, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Hood County's 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,530 students), NETTIE BACCUS EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is LAKE GRANBURY ACADEMY, roughly 1.4 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around NETTIE BACCUS EL. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NETTIE BACCUS EL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 49.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. NETTIE BACCUS EL's enrollment has edged up 9% since 2018, when it stood at 546 (now 595). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 66% to 49% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 15.6:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 today.

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