RAYE-ALLEN EL

Located at 5015 S 5TH ST, in TEMPLE, Texas, RAYE-ALLEN EL is a small primary school that works with 441 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by TEMPLE ISD.

TEMPLE ISD comprises 17 schools with combined enrollment of 9,073 students; RAYE-ALLEN EL is among them.

In terms of who attends, RAYE-ALLEN EL shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 39%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 24% White, 24% Black, 9% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Bell County as a whole is about 26% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, RAYE-ALLEN EL records 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.9:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 64% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, RAYE-ALLEN EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.0%, the actual is 33.2%, a residual of -12.8 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Bell County indicate median household earnings sit near $68,865, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Bell County runs 130 public schools (combined enrollment of about 71,041 students), of which RAYE-ALLEN EL is one.

The closest other public school is KI CHARTER - TEMPLE, roughly 1.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), RAYE-ALLEN EL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 38.1%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. RAYE-ALLEN EL's enrollment has shrank 6% since 2018, when it stood at 469 (now 441). Black enrollment moved from 43% to 24% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.