SCHERTZ EL

SCHERTZ EL is a medium-sized primary school in SCHERTZ, Texas, operated by SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD. The school educates 663 students in grades pre-K through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 28% above the state mean of about 519.

SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD comprises 16 schools with combined enrollment of 14,947 students; SCHERTZ EL is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SCHERTZ EL logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 72%. Other groups include 17% White, 5% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 39% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, SCHERTZ EL has 54 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 66% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of Guadalupe County's rate of about 45%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SCHERTZ EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.0%, the actual is 32.8%, a residual of -12.1 points.

Zooming out to the county, Guadalupe County reports that median household earnings sit near $92,375, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Guadalupe County runs 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,977 students), of which SCHERTZ EL is one.

ALLISON L STEELE E L C is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SCHERTZ EL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SCHERTZ EL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 50.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a suburban area.

Five-year trend. SCHERTZ EL's enrollment has edged down 15% since 2018, when it stood at 781 (now 663). Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 57% to 72%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

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