TOLAR EL

As a small K-5 school in TOLAR, Texas, TOLAR EL instructs 418 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by TOLAR ISD.

TOLAR ISD runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 884 students. TOLAR EL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, TOLAR EL reports that 87% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest breaks down as 8% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. Compared to Hood County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, TOLAR EL logs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 44% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, TOLAR EL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 54.4%; actual is 38.2%, a gap of -16.2 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Hood County shows median household income runs about $88,160, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. TOLAR EL is one of 18 public schools in Hood County (combined enrollment of about 9,530 students).

The closest other public school is TOLAR J H, roughly 0.1 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, TOLAR EL comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 56.5%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 17%: 357 students in 2018 compared to 418 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 91% to 87%.

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