WALNUT BEND EL

WALNUT BEND EL is a K-5 school of micro-enrollment scale in GAINESVILLE, Texas, one of the schools within WALNUT BEND ISD, instructing 73 students in grades pre-K through 8. That puts it 86% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

WALNUT BEND EL sits inside WALNUT BEND ISD, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Demographically, WALNUT BEND EL shows that White students make up the majority at 64%. Beyond that, the school shows 30% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 77% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the resource side, WALNUT BEND EL logs 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.1:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 67% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Cooke County runs at roughly 48%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WALNUT BEND EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.1%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Cooke County put 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), WALNUT BEND EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: THACKERVILLE ES, around 4.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, WALNUT BEND EL comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 38.0%.

WALNUT BEND EL operates from a low-density location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WALNUT BEND EL has decreased 4%, going from 76 students in 2018 to 73 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 in 2025.

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