TRAVIS EL

TRAVIS EL is an intimate elementary school in ENNIS, Texas, part of ENNIS ISD. The school hosts 280 students in grades 1 through 3. Enrollment runs roughly 46% below the state mean of about 519.

Within ENNIS ISD, which oversees 12 schools and 6,646 students, TRAVIS EL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, TRAVIS EL lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 46%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest looks like 27% White, 24% Black, 2% Pacific Islander. By comparison, Ellis County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, TRAVIS EL has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.8:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 69% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Ellis County (around 51%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, TRAVIS EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.9%, the actual is 48.5%, a residual of +4.6 points.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Ellis County) records that median household income runs about $99,595, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. TRAVIS EL is one of 83 public schools in Ellis County (combined enrollment of about 46,344 students).

G W CARVER EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, TRAVIS EL comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 43.4%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. TRAVIS EL's enrollment has ticked down 3% since 2018, when it stood at 288 (now 280). The Black share of enrollment increased from 16% to 24% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.