T E BAXTER EL

T E BAXTER EL is a medium-sized elementary campus in MIDLOTHIAN, Texas, run under MIDLOTHIAN ISD. The school works with 594 students in grades pre-K through 5.

MIDLOTHIAN ISD runs 14 schools in total, collectively educating 11,356 students. T E BAXTER EL is one of those campuses.

Demographically, T E BAXTER EL logs that the most-represented group is White (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 24% Hispanic, 15% Black, 5% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting T E BAXTER EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 31% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Ellis County runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, T E BAXTER EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.2%; this one delivers 55.7%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Ellis County) shows that median household earnings sit near $99,595, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. T E BAXTER EL is one of 83 public schools in Ellis County (combined enrollment of about 46,344 students).

Nearest neighbor: WALNUT GROVE MIDDLE, around 1.2 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), T E BAXTER EL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 55.2%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at T E BAXTER EL has stayed largely flat, going from 607 students in 2018 to 594 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 60% to 53% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 14.0:1 in 2025.

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