ROY J WOLLAM EL

Located at 3400 AVE S, in SANTA FE, Texas, ROY J WOLLAM EL is a mid-tier elementary-level community that educates 618 students (grades pre-K through 5), overseen by SANTA FE ISD.

ROY J WOLLAM EL is one of 7 schools operated by SANTA FE ISD, a district that works with 4,310 students overall.

Demographically, ROY J WOLLAM EL records that 62% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 35% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Galveston County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, ROY J WOLLAM EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.9%; this one delivers 53.0%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Galveston County) records that the typical household earns roughly $86,105 per year, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. ROY J WOLLAM EL is one of 95 public schools in Galveston County (combined enrollment of about 62,767 students).

DAN J KUBACAK EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ROY J WOLLAM EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ROY J WOLLAM EL at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 49.8%.

ROY J WOLLAM EL operates from an outer-ring location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ROY J WOLLAM EL has shrank 48%, going from 1,191 students in 2018 to 618 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 19% to 35% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.