VALLEY MILLS EL

Located at 102 W AVE C, in VALLEY MILLS, Texas, VALLEY MILLS EL is a close-knit elementary-level community that caters to 326 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within VALLEY MILLS ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so VALLEY MILLS EL sits 37% leaner than that benchmark.

Within VALLEY MILLS ISD, which oversees 3 schools and 669 students, VALLEY MILLS EL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, VALLEY MILLS EL shows that the largest single group is White, at 62% of enrollment. Other groups include 32% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Bosque County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting VALLEY MILLS EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 52% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Bosque County runs at roughly 65%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, VALLEY MILLS EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.2%, the actual is 41.1%, a residual of -10.1 points.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Bosque County) records that the typical household earns roughly $68,914 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. VALLEY MILLS EL is one of 11 public schools in Bosque County (combined enrollment of about 2,462 students).

VALLEY MILLS J H is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts VALLEY MILLS EL at 6th of 7; the average score across the group is 55.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a low-density area.

Over the past 7-year window. VALLEY MILLS EL's enrollment has shrank 6% since 2018, when it stood at 346 (now 326). Hispanic enrollment moved from 22% to 32% across the same window.

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