ORE CITY EL

ORE CITY EL is a K-5 school of small scale in ORE CITY, Texas, operated by ORE CITY ISD, caters to 377 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so ORE CITY EL sits 27% smaller than that benchmark.

ORE CITY ISD runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 788 students. ORE CITY EL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, ORE CITY EL lists that 60% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 29% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 67% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Upshur County's rate of about 59%.

After controlling for student poverty, ORE CITY EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.5%; this one delivers 39.9%.

In the broader community, Upshur County reports that median household income runs about $66,208, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Upshur County runs 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,918 students), of which ORE CITY EL is one.

The closest other public school is ORE CITY H S, roughly 1.3 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), ORE CITY EL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 56.8%.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 19%: 466 students in 2018 compared to 377 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 18% to 29% across the same window. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 11.8:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, the feed for ORE CITY EL typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.