NEWGULF EL

Located at 1867 BURNING STONE, in BOLING, Texas, NEWGULF EL is a mid-tier elementary-level community that enrolls 559 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within BOLING ISD.

NEWGULF EL is one of 3 schools operated by BOLING ISD, a district that caters to 1,151 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, NEWGULF EL logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school logs 38% White, 8% Black, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 42%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 56% of students at NEWGULF EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Wharton County runs at roughly 65%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, NEWGULF EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.4%, the actual is 46.7%, a residual of -2.6 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Wharton County shows the typical household earns roughly $66,924 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Wharton County's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,729 students), NEWGULF EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is BOLING H S, roughly 2.8 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts NEWGULF EL at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 51.1%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NEWGULF EL has edged up 14%, going from 490 students in 2018 to 559 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 16.3:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 today.

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