SPICEWOOD EL

SPICEWOOD EL, a small K-5 school in SPICEWOOD, Texas, one of the schools within MARBLE FALLS ISD, caters to 310 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so SPICEWOOD EL sits 40% below that benchmark.

MARBLE FALLS ISD runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 4,001 students. SPICEWOOD EL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, SPICEWOOD EL records that White students make up the majority at 69%. Beyond that, the school records 25% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, SPICEWOOD EL logs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.9:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 45% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Burnet County (around 62%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SPICEWOOD EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.4%, the actual is 55.8%, a residual of +1.4 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Burnet County put median household earnings sit near $78,732, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. In all, Burnet County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,210 students), of which SPICEWOOD EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: WEST CYPRESS HILLS EL, around 9.3 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SPICEWOOD EL at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 50.0%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. SPICEWOOD EL's enrollment has increased 42% since 2018, when it stood at 219 (now 310). Class-load math has widened: from 10.9:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

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