RICHARD E CAVAZOS EL

Located at 1200 N 10TH ST, in NOLANVILLE, Texas, RICHARD E CAVAZOS EL is a moderately sized elementary-level community that educates 567 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by KILLEEN ISD.

RICHARD E CAVAZOS EL is one of 55 schools operated by KILLEEN ISD, a district that instructs 42,883 students overall.

On the student-mix side, RICHARD E CAVAZOS EL records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 39%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 33% White, 17% Black, 9% multiracial. By comparison, Bell County as a whole is about 26% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.2:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 57% of students at RICHARD E CAVAZOS EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, RICHARD E CAVAZOS EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 62.0%.

In the surrounding community, Bell County reports that median household income runs about $68,865, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Bell County's 130 public schools (combined enrollment of about 71,041 students), RICHARD E CAVAZOS EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is NOLANVILLE EL, roughly 1.6 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, RICHARD E CAVAZOS EL comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 43.3%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RICHARD E CAVAZOS EL has edged down 14%, going from 657 students in 2018 to 567 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 41% to 33% across the same window.

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