SIVELLS BEND EL

SIVELLS BEND EL, a micro-enrollment elementary school in GAINESVILLE, Texas, part of SIVELLS BEND ISD, hosts 62 students, covering grades pre-K through 8. Enrollment runs roughly 88% smaller than the state mean of about 519.

Operationally, SIVELLS BEND EL answers to SIVELLS BEND ISD, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Demographically, SIVELLS BEND EL reports that White students make up the majority at 73%; the rest looks like 21% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, On paper, SIVELLS BEND EL has 8 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.3:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 60% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Cooke County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SIVELLS BEND EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.8%, the actual is 58.1%, a residual of +10.3 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Cooke County indicate median household income runs about $73,932, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Cooke County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,986 students), SIVELLS BEND EL is one campus in the mix.

THACKERVILLE MS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 6.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, SIVELLS BEND EL comes 1st of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 31.8%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. SIVELLS BEND EL's enrollment has fell 10% since 2018, when it stood at 69 (now 62). The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 7% to 21% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 9.3:1 in 2018 to 8.3:1 today.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.