NEW DEAL EL

NEW DEAL EL is one of the tight-knit K-5 schools in NEW DEAL, Texas, run under NEW DEAL ISD, with 272 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4. That puts it 48% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

NEW DEAL ISD runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 731 students. NEW DEAL EL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, NEW DEAL EL records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 56% of enrollment. Other groups include 41% White, 2% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 36%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, NEW DEAL EL logs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.5:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 62% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, NEW DEAL EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.8%; this one delivers 34.0%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Lubbock County put median household earnings sit near $64,155, about 33% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Lubbock County's 110 public schools (combined enrollment of about 52,301 students), NEW DEAL EL is one campus in the mix.

NEW DEAL MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NEW DEAL EL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 54.9%.

NEW DEAL EL operates from a low-density location.

Five-year trend. NEW DEAL EL's enrollment has decreased 7% since 2018, when it stood at 294 (now 272). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 today.

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