PETROLIA EL

PETROLIA EL is a close-knit elementary campus in PETROLIA, Texas, overseen by PETROLIA CISD. The school educates 277 students in grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 47% leaner than typical.

PETROLIA CISD runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 510 students. PETROLIA EL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, PETROLIA EL shows that the largest single group is White, at 77% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 15% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Clay County as a whole is about 90% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 57% of students at PETROLIA EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, PETROLIA EL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 49.0%; actual is 30.6%, a gap of -18.4 points.

In the broader community, Clay County reports that the typical household earns roughly $80,114 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Clay County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,767 students), PETROLIA EL is one campus in the mix.

PETROLIA JUNIOR HIGH/HIGH SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 miles from this campus. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PETROLIA EL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 45.7%.

PETROLIA EL operates from a small-town location.

Trend over the last 7 years. PETROLIA EL's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 282 (now 277). White enrollment moved from 81% to 77% across the same window.

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