ORANGEFIELD EL

ORANGEFIELD EL is one of the expansive elementary schools in ORANGEFIELD, Texas, run under ORANGEFIELD ISD, with 828 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 60% bigger than the state mean of about 519.

ORANGEFIELD ISD comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,781 students; ORANGEFIELD EL is among them.

Looking at the student body, ORANGEFIELD EL records that 81% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 13% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. Compared to Orange County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the income-and-resources front, ORANGEFIELD EL reports 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 33% of students at ORANGEFIELD EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Orange County (around 56%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, ORANGEFIELD EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.5%, the actual is 47.5%, a residual of -12.0 points.

Across the wider county, Orange County reports that the typical household earns roughly $72,104 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. ORANGEFIELD EL is one of 25 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 15,100 students).

The closest other public school is ORANGEFIELD H S, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around ORANGEFIELD EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ORANGEFIELD EL at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 43.6%.

ORANGEFIELD EL operates from a countryside location.

Trend over the last 7 years. ORANGEFIELD EL's enrollment has rose 14% since 2018, when it stood at 728 (now 828). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 86% to 81%.

On allk12, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.