NORMAN M THOMAS EL

NORMAN M THOMAS EL, a close-knit elementary-level community in FREER, Texas, overseen by FREER ISD, instructs 361 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 30% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Within FREER ISD, which oversees 3 schools and 709 students, NORMAN M THOMAS EL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, NORMAN M THOMAS EL logs that 92% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school logs 6% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 82%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting NORMAN M THOMAS EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 89% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, NORMAN M THOMAS EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 34.8%, the actual is 30.0%, a residual of -4.8 points.

In the area at large, Duval County reports that the typical household earns roughly $49,038 per year, about 7% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 18%. Across Duval County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,346 students), NORMAN M THOMAS EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is FREER H S, roughly 0.2 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NORMAN M THOMAS EL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 37.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Five-year trend. NORMAN M THOMAS EL's enrollment has edged down 11% since 2018, when it stood at 407 (now 361). Class-load math has pulled in: from 17.7:1 in 2018 to 13.8:1 in 2025.

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