PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR EARLY EDUCATION CENTER

PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR EARLY EDUCATION CENTER is one of the cozy elementary schools in TEXARKANA, Texas, one of the schools within TEXARKANA ISD, with 265 students on its rolls from grade pre-K. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR EARLY EDUCATION CENTER sits 49% smaller than that benchmark.

TEXARKANA ISD comprises 13 schools with combined enrollment of 7,269 students; PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR EARLY EDUCATION CENTER is among them.

In terms of who attends, PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR EARLY EDUCATION CENTER reports that 81% of students identify as Black, making the school strongly Black-majority. The remainder looks like 8% multiracial, 6% Hispanic, 3% White. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR EARLY EDUCATION CENTER has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR EARLY EDUCATION CENTER tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 98% of students at PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR EARLY EDUCATION CENTER qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Bowie County (around 68%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

Around the school, Bowie County reports that the typical household earns roughly $59,803 per year, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. PAUL LAURENCE DUNBAR EARLY EDUCATION CENTER is one of 46 public schools in Bowie County (combined enrollment of about 17,523 students).

The closest other public school is THERON JONES EARLY LITERACY CENTER, roughly 0.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 13%: 306 students in 2018 compared to 265 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 19.0:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 in 2025.

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