NORMA KRUEGER EL-PRIMARY

NORMA KRUEGER EL-PRIMARY operates as a compact primary school in MARION, Texas, part of MARION ISD. Current enrollment sits at 398 students spanning grades pre-K through 2. That puts it 23% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Across the 5 schools in MARION ISD (1,709 students total), NORMA KRUEGER EL-PRIMARY accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, NORMA KRUEGER EL-PRIMARY shows that 48% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest comes out to 44% White, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 39% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, NORMA KRUEGER EL-PRIMARY lists 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting NORMA KRUEGER EL-PRIMARY higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 44% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Guadalupe County put median household earnings sit near $92,375, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. NORMA KRUEGER EL-PRIMARY is one of 49 public schools in Guadalupe County (combined enrollment of about 30,977 students).

The closest other public school is NORMA KRUEGER EL/BERT KARRER CAMPUS, roughly 0.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around NORMA KRUEGER EL-PRIMARY.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NORMA KRUEGER EL-PRIMARY has ticked up 10%, going from 361 students in 2018 to 398 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 57% to 44% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 16.5:1 in 2025.

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