WAGGONER CREEK EL

WAGGONER CREEK EL is a close-knit elementary-level community in TEXARKANA, Texas, overseen by TEXARKANA ISD. The school serves 337 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 35% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Within TEXARKANA ISD, which oversees 13 schools and 7,269 students, WAGGONER CREEK EL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, WAGGONER CREEK EL lists that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment. Other groups include 20% Black, 10% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 3% Asian.

On the resource side, The school lists 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.6:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 42% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Bowie County (around 68%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), WAGGONER CREEK EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.7%, the actual is 47.9%, a residual of -7.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Bowie County shows median household earnings sit near $59,803, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Bowie County runs 46 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,523 students), of which WAGGONER CREEK EL is one.

Nearest neighbor: NASH EL, around 0.8 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, WAGGONER CREEK EL comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 52.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a metropolitan area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WAGGONER CREEK EL has rose 15%, going from 293 students in 2018 to 337 in 2025. The White share of enrollment declined from 65% to 58% over that span.

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