RUTH CHERRY EL

RUTH CHERRY EL operates as a reasonably sized K-5 school in ROYSE CITY, Texas, part of ROYSE CITY ISD. Current enrollment sits at 772 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so RUTH CHERRY EL sits 49% above that benchmark.

ROYSE CITY ISD runs 11 schools in total, collectively educating 10,034 students. RUTH CHERRY EL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, RUTH CHERRY EL records that the most-represented group is White (38%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 33% Hispanic, 21% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 54% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, RUTH CHERRY EL has 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.4:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Collin County's rate of about 30%.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, RUTH CHERRY EL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 53.2%; actual is 38.6%, a gap of -14.6 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Collin County) shows that median household earnings sit near $121,600, about 56% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Collin County's 338 public schools (combined enrollment of about 227,575 students), RUTH CHERRY EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: GLENDA ARNOLD EARLY CHILDHOOD LEARNING CENTER, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around RUTH CHERRY EL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), RUTH CHERRY EL ranks 7th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 47.0%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

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