WATERS EL

Set in LUBBOCK, Texas, WATERS EL is a reasonably sized K-5 school, one of the schools within LUBBOCK ISD. It educates 464 students across grades pre-K through 5.

LUBBOCK ISD runs 49 schools in total, collectively educating 24,237 students. WATERS EL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, WATERS EL lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 61% of enrollment. Other groups include 25% White, 9% Black, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 36%.

Looking at school resources, The school employs 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.3:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 73% of students at WATERS EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Lubbock County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WATERS EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.1%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Lubbock County shows median household income runs about $64,155, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. WATERS EL is one of 110 public schools in Lubbock County (combined enrollment of about 52,301 students).

The closest other public school is MILLER EL, roughly 0.9 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WATERS EL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 48.8%.

WATERS EL operates from an inner-city location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 25%: 622 students in 2018 compared to 464 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 36% to 25%. Class-load math has fell: from 17.3:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, the feed for WATERS EL typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.