TYRRELL EL

TYRRELL EL is a moderately sized K-5 school in PORT ARTHUR, Texas, overseen by PORT ARTHUR ISD. The school educates 670 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 29% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

TYRRELL EL is one of 13 schools operated by PORT ARTHUR ISD, a district that educates 8,041 students overall.

On demographics, TYRRELL EL lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 68% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 26% Black, 3% White. The wider county runs roughly 24% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 44 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.3:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 93% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Jefferson County (around 71%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), TYRRELL EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 33.1%, the actual is 30.6%, a residual of -2.5 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Jefferson County) records that the typical household earns roughly $60,026 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. In all, Jefferson County runs 92 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,825 students), of which TYRRELL EL is one.

BOB HOPE SCHOOL - EL CAMPUS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), TYRRELL EL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 41.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an urban area.

Five-year trend. TYRRELL EL's enrollment has edged down 25% since 2018, when it stood at 895 (now 670). Class-load math has pulled in: from 18.7:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

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