PALO PINTO EL

Set in PALO PINTO, Texas, PALO PINTO EL is a tiny K-5 school, part of PALO PINTO ISD. It serves 94 students across grades pre-K through 6. Enrollment runs roughly 82% below the state mean of about 519.

PALO PINTO EL sits inside PALO PINTO ISD, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On demographics, PALO PINTO EL shows that the student body is overwhelmingly White (81%); the rest reads as 16% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting PALO PINTO EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 45% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Palo Pinto County runs at roughly 70%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PALO PINTO EL sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 54.4%; actual is 81.8%, +27.5 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, census data for Palo Pinto County shows median household income runs about $67,674, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. PALO PINTO EL is one of 11 public schools in Palo Pinto County (combined enrollment of about 7,087 students).

MINERAL WELLS EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 11.9 miles from this campus. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PALO PINTO EL at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 47.8%.

PALO PINTO EL operates from an outlying location.

Trend over the last 7 years. PALO PINTO EL's enrollment has declined 16% since 2018, when it stood at 112 (now 94).

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