REAGAN COUNTY EL

REAGAN COUNTY EL is an elementary school of mid-tier scale in BIG LAKE, Texas, one of the schools within REAGAN COUNTY ISD, teacheing 448 students in grades pre-K through 5.

REAGAN COUNTY ISD comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 855 students; REAGAN COUNTY EL is among them.

On the student-mix side, REAGAN COUNTY EL lists that nearly all students (86%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 14% White. By comparison, Reagan County as a whole is about 69% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, REAGAN COUNTY EL has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting REAGAN COUNTY EL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 64% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, REAGAN COUNTY EL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 46.1%; actual is 26.8%, a gap of -19.3 points.

Across the wider county, Reagan County reports that median household earnings sit near $57,813, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Reagan County runs 3 public schools (combined enrollment of about 855 students), of which REAGAN COUNTY EL is one.

The closest other public school is REAGAN COUNTY MIDDLE, roughly 0.3 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), REAGAN COUNTY EL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 41.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at REAGAN COUNTY EL has showed little movement, going from 439 students in 2018 to 448 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 79% to 86% over that span.

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