SCOTT EL

As a moderately sized elementary campus in TEMPLE, Texas, SCOTT EL educates 442 students from grades K through 5, run under TEMPLE ISD.

Across the 17 schools in TEMPLE ISD (9,073 students total), SCOTT EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SCOTT EL records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 52%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 25% White, 15% Black, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 26% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.0:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 73% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Bell County's rate of about 57%.

After controlling for student poverty, SCOTT EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.0%, the actual is 43.9%, a residual of +1.9 points.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Bell County) records that the typical household earns roughly $68,865 per year, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Bell County's 130 public schools (combined enrollment of about 71,041 students), SCOTT EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is TRAVIS SCIENCE ACADEMY, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SCOTT EL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 39.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SCOTT EL has contracted 8%, going from 483 students in 2018 to 442 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 46% to 52% across the same window.

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