W E CHALMERS EL

W E CHALMERS EL, a middle-of-the-pack elementary campus in GAINESVILLE, Texas, run under GAINESVILLE ISD, instructs 703 students, covering grades 2 through 4. Enrollment runs roughly 35% larger than the state mean of about 519.

Across the 5 schools in GAINESVILLE ISD (3,111 students total), W E CHALMERS EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, W E CHALMERS EL logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 65%. Beyond that, the school shows 27% White, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 18.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 74% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Cooke County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, W E CHALMERS EL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 41.8%; actual is 25.8%, a gap of -15.9 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Cooke County shows the typical household earns roughly $73,932 per year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Cooke County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,986 students), W E CHALMERS EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is LONE STAR H S NORTH (TJJD), roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. On composite proficiency, W E CHALMERS EL comes 5th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 35.5%.

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

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at W E CHALMERS EL has changed only slightly, going from 702 students in 2018 to 703 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 60% to 65% over that span.

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