SEMINOLE EL

SEMINOLE EL, a mid-tier elementary-level community in SEMINOLE, Texas, run under SEMINOLE ISD, enrolls 485 students, covering grades 4 through 5.

Within SEMINOLE ISD, which oversees 6 schools and 3,089 students, SEMINOLE EL is one campus in the system.

Demographically, SEMINOLE EL reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 59% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 39% White. By comparison, Gaines County as a whole is about 40% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, SEMINOLE EL has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, SEMINOLE EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.6%; this one delivers 47.0%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Gaines County put median household income runs about $74,132, roughly 12% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Gaines County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,764 students), of which SEMINOLE EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: SEMINOLE PRI, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around SEMINOLE EL. On composite proficiency, SEMINOLE EL comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 48.6%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 13%: 430 students in 2018 compared to 485 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 50% to 59% across the same window.

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