SKIDMORE-TYNAN EL

Set in SKIDMORE, Texas, SKIDMORE-TYNAN EL is a tight-knit elementary campus, operated by SKIDMORE-TYNAN ISD. It serves 362 students across grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so SKIDMORE-TYNAN EL sits 30% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 3 schools in SKIDMORE-TYNAN ISD (775 students total), SKIDMORE-TYNAN EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SKIDMORE-TYNAN EL reports that 71% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 28% White. The wider county runs roughly 62% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, SKIDMORE-TYNAN EL lists 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 73% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SKIDMORE-TYNAN EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.2%, the actual is 36.9%, a residual of -5.3 points.

In the surrounding community, Bee County reports that median household income runs about $57,673, roughly 14% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Bee County's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,097 students), SKIDMORE-TYNAN EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: SKIDMORE-TYNAN H S, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around SKIDMORE-TYNAN EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SKIDMORE-TYNAN EL at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 44.6%.

SKIDMORE-TYNAN EL operates from an outlying location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 5%: 346 students in 2018 compared to 362 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.0:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.