PRICE T YOUNG EL

PRICE T YOUNG EL is one of the mid-sized elementary-level communitys in MARSHALL, Texas, run under MARSHALL ISD, with 550 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

PRICE T YOUNG EL is one of 8 schools operated by MARSHALL ISD, a district that works with 4,957 students overall.

Demographically, PRICE T YOUNG EL shows that the most-represented group is Black (44%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder comes out to 34% Hispanic, 14% White, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 20% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, PRICE T YOUNG EL has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 93% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Harrison County (around 61%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, PRICE T YOUNG EL is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 33.2%; PRICE T YOUNG EL posts 12.6%, -20.6 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, census data for Harrison County shows median household income runs about $66,103, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Harrison County runs 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,062 students), of which PRICE T YOUNG EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: MARSHALL ECH CTR, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PRICE T YOUNG EL comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 40.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 3%: 532 students in 2018 compared to 550 in 2025. Over the same period, the Black share ticked down from 63% to 44%.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.