RICHTER EL

RICHTER EL is one of the big elementary-level communitys in DAYTON, Texas, run under DAYTON ISD, with 895 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 72% bigger than the state mean of about 519.

RICHTER EL is one of 7 schools operated by DAYTON ISD, a district that hosts 5,675 students overall.

Demographically, RICHTER EL logs that 59% of the student body identifies as White; the rest breaks down as 28% Hispanic, 9% Black, 4% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 56 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Liberty County runs at roughly 80%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, RICHTER EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.4%.

Across the wider county, census data for Liberty County shows median household earnings sit near $68,703, 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Across Liberty County's 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,599 students), RICHTER EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: DAYTON H S, around 0.5 miles off. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts RICHTER EL at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 38.7%.

RICHTER EL operates from a town-based location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RICHTER EL has increased 17%, going from 762 students in 2018 to 895 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment shrank from 36% to 28% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 17.5:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 in 2025.

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