RUNGE EL

As a rural-scale elementary school in RUNGE, Texas, RUNGE EL works with 102 students from grades pre-K through 6, run under RUNGE ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so RUNGE EL sits 80% leaner than that benchmark.

RUNGE ISD comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 162 students; RUNGE EL is among them.

Looking at the student body, RUNGE EL lists that nearly all students (95%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school reports 5% White. The wider county runs roughly 53% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 81% of students at RUNGE EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Karnes County runs at roughly 62%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), RUNGE EL is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 38.4%; RUNGE EL posts 17.9%, -20.4 points below that line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Karnes County put the typical household earns roughly $60,214 per year, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. RUNGE EL is one of 15 public schools in Karnes County (combined enrollment of about 2,456 students).

The closest other public school is RUNGE H S, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 5 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, RUNGE EL comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 35.2%.

RUNGE EL operates from a low-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at RUNGE EL has ticked down 23%, going from 132 students in 2018 to 102 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 89% to 95% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 9.5:1 today.

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