VENUS EL

As a mid-sized K-5 school in VENUS, Texas, VENUS EL works with 663 students from grades 2 through 5, overseen by VENUS ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 28% above the state mean of about 519.

VENUS EL is one of 4 schools operated by VENUS ISD, a district that teaches 2,283 students overall.

On the student-mix side, VENUS EL logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 64%. Beyond that, the school logs 24% White, 6% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Johnson County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.9:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 74% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Johnson County's rate of about 51%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, VENUS EL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 41.6%; this one comes in at 22.9%, -18.7 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Johnson County put median household income runs about $84,859, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Johnson County runs 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 39,004 students), of which VENUS EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: VENUS H S, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, VENUS EL comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 40.3%.

VENUS EL operates from a low-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. VENUS EL's enrollment has decreased 3% since 2018, when it stood at 681 (now 663). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 38% to 24%.

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