SUMMIT HILL EL

SUMMIT HILL EL is an elementary school of small scale in HOWE, Texas, overseen by HOWE ISD, enrolling 323 students in grades pre-K through 2. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so SUMMIT HILL EL sits 38% smaller than that benchmark.

Within HOWE ISD, which oversees 4 schools and 1,265 students, SUMMIT HILL EL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, SUMMIT HILL EL reports that 49% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 43% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 76%.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.0:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 63% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Grayson County (around 53%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Grayson County indicate median household income runs about $72,182, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. SUMMIT HILL EL is one of 68 public schools in Grayson County (combined enrollment of about 25,915 students).

The closest other public school is HOWE H S, roughly 0.5 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 32%: 474 students in 2018 compared to 323 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 76% to 49% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 16.9:1 in 2018 to 15.0:1 in 2025.

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