POPHAM EL

POPHAM EL operates as a reasonably sized primary school in DEL VALLE, Texas, operated by DEL VALLE ISD. Current enrollment sits at 698 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 34% larger than typical.

DEL VALLE ISD comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 11,715 students; POPHAM EL is among them.

Looking at the student body, POPHAM EL reports that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (82%). Beyond that, the school lists 8% Black, 5% White, 3% Asian. By comparison, Travis County as a whole is about 33% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 91% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Travis County (around 54%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), POPHAM EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.2%; this one delivers 26.2%.

Zooming out to the county, Travis County reports that median household income runs about $99,611, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Travis County runs 333 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students), of which POPHAM EL is one.

The closest other public school is DEL VALLE MIDDLE, roughly 1.6 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around POPHAM EL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), POPHAM EL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 30.0%.

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

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at POPHAM EL has decreased 8%, going from 760 students in 2018 to 698 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked down from 89% to 82% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 in 2025.

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