TOOL EL

TOOL EL is an elementary-level community of rural-scale scale in TOOL, Texas, one of the schools within MALAKOFF ISD, hosting 197 students in grades pre-K through 4. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 62% below typical.

Within MALAKOFF ISD, which oversees 5 schools and 1,511 students, TOOL EL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, TOOL EL reports that the largest single group is White, at 67% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 27% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Henderson County as a whole is about 78% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, TOOL EL logs 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.3:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 76% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Henderson County's rate of about 66%.

After controlling for student poverty, TOOL EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.6%, the actual is 49.7%, a residual of +9.1 points.

Around the school, ACS estimates for Henderson County put the typical household earns roughly $65,179 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Henderson County's 32 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,150 students), TOOL EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is LAKEVIEW EL, roughly 4.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, TOOL EL comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 47.4%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Looking at the recent track record. TOOL EL's enrollment has decreased 12% since 2018, when it stood at 224 (now 197). White enrollment moved from 85% to 67% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 in 2025.

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