SANTA FE EL

Located at 1601 E HENDERSON, in CLEBURNE, Texas, SANTA FE EL is a cozy elementary-level community that enrolls 382 students (grades pre-K through 4), overseen by CLEBURNE ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so SANTA FE EL sits 26% below that benchmark.

Within CLEBURNE ISD, which oversees 11 schools and 6,877 students, SANTA FE EL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, SANTA FE EL records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 66%. The remainder is composed of 25% White, 3% Black, 3% Pacific Islander, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting SANTA FE EL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 85% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Johnson County runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, SANTA FE EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 36.9%, the actual is 36.0%, a residual of -0.8 points.

In the area at large, Johnson County reports that median household income runs about $84,859, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Johnson County's 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 39,004 students), SANTA FE EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: IRVING EL, around 1.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SANTA FE EL at 5th of 6; the average score across the group is 38.4%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. SANTA FE EL's enrollment has shrank 3% since 2018, when it stood at 394 (now 382). Hispanic enrollment moved from 71% to 66% across the same window.

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