SEYMOUR EL

Located at 300 E IDAHO ST, in SEYMOUR, Texas, SEYMOUR EL is a cozy K-5 school that serves 249 students (grades pre-K through 4), run under SEYMOUR ISD. That puts it 52% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

SEYMOUR EL is one of 3 schools operated by SEYMOUR ISD, a district that teaches 594 students overall.

In terms of who attends, SEYMOUR EL records that White students make up the majority at 60%; the rest is composed of 27% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Baylor County as a whole is about 83% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting SEYMOUR EL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 67% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SEYMOUR EL ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 45.2%; SEYMOUR EL posts 67.3%, +22.0 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, Baylor County reports that median household income runs about $45,370, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Across Baylor County's 3 public schools (combined enrollment of about 594 students), SEYMOUR EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: SEYMOUR H S, around 0.7 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SEYMOUR EL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 55.4%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. SEYMOUR EL's enrollment has increased 3% since 2018, when it stood at 241 (now 249). Over the same period, the White share declined from 68% to 60%.

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