TENIE HOLMES EL

TENIE HOLMES EL is a primary school of middle-of-the-pack scale in BAY CITY, Texas, operated by BAY CITY ISD, serveing 763 students in grades 3 through 5. That puts it 47% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Across the 5 schools in BAY CITY ISD (3,473 students total), TENIE HOLMES EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, TENIE HOLMES EL records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 70% of enrollment. Other groups include 15% White, 12% Black. By comparison, Matagorda County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, TENIE HOLMES EL has 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 21.3:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 63% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, TENIE HOLMES EL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 46.4%; actual is 31.6%, a gap of -14.8 points.

In the area at large, census data for Matagorda County shows median household earnings sit near $58,628, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 17% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Matagorda County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,199 students), of which TENIE HOLMES EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: CHERRY EL, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. On composite proficiency, TENIE HOLMES EL comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 53.5%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at TENIE HOLMES EL has rose 8%, going from 707 students in 2018 to 763 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment climbed from 3% to 12% over that span. Class-load math has loosened: from 16.0:1 in 2018 to 21.3:1 in 2025.

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