VANDAGRIFF EL

VANDAGRIFF EL, a mid-sized K-5 school in ALEDO, Texas, overseen by ALEDO ISD, enrolls 640 students, covering grades K through 5. That puts it 23% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

VANDAGRIFF EL is one of 12 schools operated by ALEDO ISD, a district that teaches 8,430 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, VANDAGRIFF EL records that White students make up the majority at 74%; the rest is composed of 21% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 83% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, VANDAGRIFF EL has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.0:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 11% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Parker County runs at roughly 33%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, VANDAGRIFF EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 69.1%; this one delivers 70.2%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Parker County indicate median household income runs about $104,443, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. VANDAGRIFF EL is one of 51 public schools in Parker County (combined enrollment of about 28,354 students).

The closest other public school is ALEDO MIDDLE, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, VANDAGRIFF EL comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 68.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at VANDAGRIFF EL has increased 6%, going from 601 students in 2018 to 640 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 12% to 21% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 18.4:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 today.

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