STEM ACADEMY AT ENIS EL

As a compact K-5 school in DECATUR, Texas, STEM ACADEMY AT ENIS EL teaches 380 students from grades K through 5, operated by DECATUR ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 27% leaner than the state mean of about 519.

DECATUR ISD runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 3,786 students. STEM ACADEMY AT ENIS EL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, STEM ACADEMY AT ENIS EL lists that White students make up the majority at 77%. Other groups include 16% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. Compared to Wise County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, STEM ACADEMY AT ENIS EL reports 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.0:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 20% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Wise County runs at roughly 47%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), STEM ACADEMY AT ENIS EL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 65.1%; this one comes in at 41.8%, -23.3 points off the demographic line.

Around the school, Wise County reports that median household income runs about $93,421, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Wise County's 28 public schools (combined enrollment of about 12,854 students), STEM ACADEMY AT ENIS EL is one campus in the mix.

MCCARROLL MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around STEM ACADEMY AT ENIS EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts STEM ACADEMY AT ENIS EL at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 48.1%.

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