SEELE EL

SEELE EL is one of the modestly sized primary schools in NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas, overseen by NEW BRAUNFELS ISD, with 295 students on its rolls from grades K through 5. That puts it 43% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

NEW BRAUNFELS ISD comprises 15 schools with combined enrollment of 9,893 students; SEELE EL is among them.

On the student-mix side, SEELE EL lists that the largest single group is White at 52%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 41% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 71%.

On the resource side, The school lists 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 40% of students at SEELE EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Comal County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SEELE EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 56.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.7%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Comal County) reports that median household income runs about $101,889, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. SEELE EL is one of 49 public schools in Comal County (combined enrollment of about 29,653 students).

The closest other public school is NEW BRAUNFELS H S, roughly 0.9 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SEELE EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SEELE EL at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 60.9%.

The school occupies a high-density site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SEELE EL has remained close to its prior level, going from 294 students in 2018 to 295 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the SEELE EL community share and discuss classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.