TOM BEAN EL

TOM BEAN EL is a cozy elementary-level community in TOM BEAN, Texas, run under TOM BEAN ISD. The school caters to 358 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 31% leaner than the state mean of about 519.

Within TOM BEAN ISD, which oversees 3 schools and 741 students, TOM BEAN EL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, TOM BEAN EL shows that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment; the rest consists of 23% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.5:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 54% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, TOM BEAN EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.3%, the actual is 44.2%, a residual of -6.1 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Grayson County put the typical household earns roughly $72,182 per year, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Grayson County's 68 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,915 students), TOM BEAN EL is one campus in the mix.

TOM BEAN MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around TOM BEAN EL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), TOM BEAN EL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 53.5%.

TOM BEAN EL operates from a rural location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 25%: 287 students in 2018 compared to 358 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 85% to 71% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 today.

Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.