TAHOKA EL

TAHOKA EL operates as a compact elementary-level community in TAHOKA, Texas, overseen by TAHOKA ISD. Current enrollment sits at 295 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so TAHOKA EL sits 43% leaner than that benchmark.

Within TAHOKA ISD, which oversees 3 schools and 612 students, TAHOKA EL is one campus in the system.

Looking at the student body, TAHOKA EL records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 60% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 33% White, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Lynn County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, TAHOKA EL reports 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 64% of students at TAHOKA EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Lynn County runs at roughly 43%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, TAHOKA EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.0%; this one delivers 41.7%.

In the broader community, census data for Lynn County shows the typical household earns roughly $73,679 per year, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. TAHOKA EL is one of 7 public schools in Lynn County (combined enrollment of about 1,706 students).

The closest other public school is TAHOKA MIDDLE, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, TAHOKA EL comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 47.8%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 12%: 336 students in 2018 compared to 295 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the TAHOKA EL community share and discuss sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.