QUITMAN EL

As a mid-sized elementary school in QUITMAN, Texas, QUITMAN EL enrolls 580 students from grades pre-K through 5, part of QUITMAN ISD.

Within QUITMAN ISD, which oversees 3 schools and 1,208 students, QUITMAN EL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, QUITMAN EL reports that 77% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder reads as 16% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Black.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 60% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, QUITMAN EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.7%.

Across the wider county, census data for Wood County shows the typical household earns roughly $60,300 per year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. QUITMAN EL is one of 18 public schools in Wood County (combined enrollment of about 6,349 students).

Nearest neighbor: QUITMAN H S, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, QUITMAN EL comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 50.6%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at QUITMAN EL has ticked up 9%, going from 530 students in 2018 to 580 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.