SPARTA EL

Set in BELTON, Texas, SPARTA EL is a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus, one of the schools within BELTON ISD. It teaches 549 students across grades K through 5.

BELTON ISD runs 21 schools in total, collectively educating 13,980 students. SPARTA EL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, SPARTA EL logs that White students make up the majority at 66%. Beyond that, the school shows 22% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Black. By comparison, Bell County as a whole is about 49% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 30% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Bell County (around 57%), the school's rate is south of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, SPARTA EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 61.0%; this one delivers 53.3%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Bell County indicate median household income runs about $68,865, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Bell County runs 130 public schools (combined enrollment of about 71,041 students), of which SPARTA EL is one.

BELTON MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SPARTA EL at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 48.3%.

The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.

Looking at the recent track record. SPARTA EL's enrollment has declined 8% since 2018, when it stood at 600 (now 549). The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked down from 37% to 22% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 16.2:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

On the community side, the feed for SPARTA EL typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.