WELLINGTON EL

Located at 606 16TH ST, in WELLINGTON, Texas, WELLINGTON EL is a low-enrollment elementary campus that enrolls 238 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by WELLINGTON ISD. That puts it 54% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

WELLINGTON ISD runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 534 students. WELLINGTON EL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, WELLINGTON EL logs that 58% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder looks like 37% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. Compared to Collingsworth County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting WELLINGTON EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 66% of students at WELLINGTON EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), WELLINGTON EL ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 45.3%; WELLINGTON EL posts 60.7%, +15.4 points above that line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Collingsworth County put the typical household earns roughly $61,280 per year, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 21%. Across Collingsworth County's 3 public schools (combined enrollment of about 534 students), WELLINGTON EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: WELLINGTON J H, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around WELLINGTON EL. On composite proficiency, WELLINGTON EL comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 47.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WELLINGTON EL has declined 27%, going from 324 students in 2018 to 238 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 50% to 37% across the same window. Class-load math has pulled in: from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 in 2025.

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