SCHULENBURG EL

SCHULENBURG EL operates as a low-enrollment K-5 school in SCHULENBURG, Texas, one of the schools within SCHULENBURG ISD. Current enrollment sits at 273 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 47% smaller than typical.

SCHULENBURG EL is one of 2 schools operated by SCHULENBURG ISD, a district that educates 684 students overall.

Demographically, SCHULENBURG EL logs that 46% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 35% White, 15% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Fayette County as a whole is about 22% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.6:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. About 78% 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 above Fayette County's rate of about 53%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, SCHULENBURG EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.5%, the actual is 32.1%, a residual of -8.4 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Fayette County indicate the typical household earns roughly $75,854 per year, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Fayette County runs 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,755 students), of which SCHULENBURG EL is one.

The closest other public school is SCHULENBURG SECONDARY, roughly 0.1 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SCHULENBURG EL at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 57.9%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SCHULENBURG EL has shrank 25%, going from 364 students in 2018 to 273 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 today.

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