NORTH EL

NORTH EL is a reasonably sized K-5 school in PLAINVIEW, Texas, overseen by PLAINVIEW ISD. The school instructs 492 students in grades pre-K through 4.

PLAINVIEW ISD runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 4,077 students. NORTH EL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, NORTH EL reports that 89% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest breaks down as 8% White. The wider county runs roughly 61% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, NORTH EL logs 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 87% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Hale County's rate of about 73%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, NORTH EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 30.3%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Hale County indicate median household income runs about $51,897, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Across Hale County's 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,064 students), NORTH EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is PLAINVIEW INT, roughly 0.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, NORTH EL comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 38.9%.

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