SAN AUGUSTINE EL

Located at 101 S MILAM ST, in SAN AUGUSTINE, Texas, SAN AUGUSTINE EL is a close-knit elementary campus that enrolls 277 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within SAN AUGUSTINE ISD. That puts it 47% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

SAN AUGUSTINE ISD runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 597 students. SAN AUGUSTINE EL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SAN AUGUSTINE EL lists that the most-represented group is Black (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 29% Hispanic, 21% White, 3% multiracial. By comparison, San Augustine County as a whole is about 22% Black, so the school skews noticeably more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against San Augustine County (around 79%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, SAN AUGUSTINE EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 34.1%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for San Augustine County put the typical household earns roughly $50,408 per year, about 14% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. In all, San Augustine County runs 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 974 students), of which SAN AUGUSTINE EL is one.

The closest other public school is SAN AUGUSTINE H S, roughly 0.4 miles away. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SAN AUGUSTINE EL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 40.5%.

SAN AUGUSTINE EL operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. SAN AUGUSTINE EL's enrollment has decreased 31% since 2018, when it stood at 404 (now 277). Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 21% to 29%.

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