SAN PERLITA EL

Located at E HWY 186 1MI N F M 2209, in SAN PERLITA, Texas, SAN PERLITA EL is a minimally staffed primary school that teaches 80 students (grades pre-K through 5), run under SAN PERLITA ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 85% below the state mean of about 519.

Across the 3 schools in SAN PERLITA ISD (187 students total), SAN PERLITA EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, SAN PERLITA EL records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (86%). Beyond that, the school lists 14% White. That composition is broadly in line with Willacy County as a whole.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.6:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 89% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Willacy County's rate of about 81%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, SAN PERLITA EL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 35.1%; this one delivers 58.1%, a residual of +23.0 points.

Across the wider county, Willacy County reports that median household income runs about $54,180, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 19%. Across Willacy County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,889 students), SAN PERLITA EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: SAN PERLITA MIDDLE, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around SAN PERLITA EL. On composite proficiency, SAN PERLITA EL comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 46.6%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SAN PERLITA EL has fell 30%, going from 115 students in 2018 to 80 in 2025. The White share of enrollment expanded from 3% to 14% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 9.6:1 in 2025.

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