ROUND TOP-CARMINE EL

ROUND TOP-CARMINE EL is an one-room-style elementary campus in ROUND TOP, Texas, operated by ROUND TOP-CARMINE ISD. The school enrolls 121 students in grades pre-K through 6. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 77% leaner than typical.

ROUND TOP-CARMINE ISD runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 235 students. ROUND TOP-CARMINE EL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, ROUND TOP-CARMINE EL reports that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 28% Hispanic, 2% Black, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 76% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.9:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting ROUND TOP-CARMINE EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 41% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Fayette County's rate of about 53%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, ROUND TOP-CARMINE EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.8%, the actual is 66.7%, a residual of +10.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Fayette County indicate the typical household earns roughly $75,854 per year, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Fayette County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,755 students), ROUND TOP-CARMINE EL is one campus in the mix.

ROUND TOP-CARMINE H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.0 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ROUND TOP-CARMINE EL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 56.0%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 22%: 156 students in 2018 compared to 121 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.6:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 today.

On this page, members of the ROUND TOP-CARMINE EL community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.