STARTZVILLE EL

As an average-sized elementary campus in CANYON LAKE, Texas, STARTZVILLE EL enrolls 465 students from grades pre-K through 5, one of the schools within COMAL ISD.

COMAL ISD runs 37 schools in total, collectively educating 29,839 students. STARTZVILLE EL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, STARTZVILLE EL reports that 51% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 42% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 71%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, STARTZVILLE EL has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting STARTZVILLE EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 65% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Comal County's rate of about 32%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, STARTZVILLE EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.4%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Comal County indicate median household earnings sit near $101,889, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Comal County's 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,653 students), STARTZVILLE EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is SMITHSON VALLEY MIDDLE, roughly 5.0 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, STARTZVILLE EL comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 66.8%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at STARTZVILLE EL has edged up 4%, going from 449 students in 2018 to 465 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 65% to 51% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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