WELDON EL

WELDON EL is a mid-sized K-5 school in GLADEWATER, Texas, run under GLADEWATER ISD. The school caters to 485 students in grades 2 through 5.

WELDON EL is one of 4 schools operated by GLADEWATER ISD, a district that caters to 1,636 students overall.

Looking at the student body, WELDON EL shows that 52% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest consists of 21% Black, 19% Hispanic, 8% multiracial.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 78% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Gregg County runs at roughly 68%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WELDON EL is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 39.9%; WELDON EL posts 25.2%, -14.7 points below that line.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Gregg County put the typical household earns roughly $66,550 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. WELDON EL is one of 46 public schools in Gregg County (combined enrollment of about 20,498 students).

GLADEWATER MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 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), WELDON EL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 54.1%.

WELDON EL operates from a commuter-belt location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WELDON EL has ticked down 11%, going from 545 students in 2018 to 485 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 58% to 52% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 12.7:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

On allk12, members of the WELDON EL community share and discuss fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.