SPURGER EL

Set in SPURGER, Texas, SPURGER EL is a cozy K-5 school, run under SPURGER ISD. It caters to 235 students across grades pre-K through 6. That puts it 55% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

SPURGER EL is one of 2 schools operated by SPURGER ISD, a district that teaches 396 students overall.

On demographics, SPURGER EL records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (85%); the rest is composed of 8% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting SPURGER EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 63% of students at SPURGER EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SPURGER EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.4%, the actual is 42.3%, a residual of -4.1 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Tyler County put median household income runs about $55,396, about 12% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Tyler County runs 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,382 students), of which SPURGER EL is one.

The closest other public school is SPURGER H S, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SPURGER EL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 41.2%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. SPURGER EL's enrollment has increased 15% since 2018, when it stood at 204 (now 235). Over the same period, the White share declined from 90% to 85%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 11.4:1 today.

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