SABINE EL

SABINE EL is an average-sized elementary school in KILGORE, Texas, overseen by SABINE ISD. The school serves 618 students in grades pre-K through 4.

Within SABINE ISD, which oversees 4 schools and 1,583 students, SABINE EL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, SABINE EL lists that 64% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 26% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Black.

On the income-and-resources front, SABINE EL reports 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 55% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Gregg County's rate of about 68%.

After controlling for student poverty, SABINE EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.8%, the actual is 40.2%, a residual of -9.6 points.

In the surrounding community, Gregg County reports that median household income runs about $66,550, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Gregg County's 46 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,498 students), SABINE EL is one campus in the mix.

SABINE INT is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SABINE EL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 44.0%.

SABINE EL operates from a town-center location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 13%: 709 students in 2018 compared to 618 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 70% to 64% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for SABINE EL typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.