RJ RICHEY EL

RJ RICHEY EL is an average-sized elementary-level community in BURNET, Texas, overseen by BURNET CISD. The school enrolls 510 students in grades 3 through 5.

Within BURNET CISD, which oversees 6 schools and 3,209 students, RJ RICHEY EL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, RJ RICHEY EL shows that White students make up the majority at 62%. Beyond that, the school logs 34% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 79% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 56% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, RJ RICHEY EL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 49.3%; this one comes in at 33.5%, -15.8 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Burnet County indicate median household income runs about $78,732, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Burnet County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,210 students), RJ RICHEY EL is one campus in the mix.

QUEST H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, RJ RICHEY EL comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 41.5%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RJ RICHEY EL has fell 9%, going from 559 students in 2018 to 510 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 66% to 62%.

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