SELMAN EL

SELMAN EL is a moderately sized primary school in SEALY, Texas, overseen by SEALY ISD. The school caters to 749 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 44% bigger than the state mean of about 519.

SEALY ISD comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 3,109 students; SELMAN EL is among them.

On demographics, SELMAN EL reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 58%. Other groups include 23% White, 10% Black, 7% multiracial. By comparison, Austin County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, SELMAN EL has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 74% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Austin County's rate of about 56%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, SELMAN EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.5%, the actual is 36.1%, a residual of -5.4 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Austin County indicate median household income runs about $75,789, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Austin County runs 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,944 students), of which SELMAN EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: SEALY H S, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around SELMAN EL. On composite proficiency, SELMAN EL comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 44.2%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. SELMAN EL's enrollment has edged down 21% since 2018, when it stood at 953 (now 749). White enrollment moved from 34% to 23% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.