WEST EL

Located at 825 COTTONWOOD RD, in WEST, Texas, WEST EL is an average-sized primary school that serves 645 students (grades pre-K through 5), one of the schools within WEST ISD. That puts it 24% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Across the 4 schools in WEST ISD (1,300 students total), WEST EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

In terms of who attends, WEST EL logs that the largest single group is White, at 76% of enrollment; the rest reads as 20% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, McLennan County as a whole is about 59% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, WEST EL has 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.9:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 39% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against McLennan County (around 62%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, WEST EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.8%; this one delivers 63.3%.

Around the school, ACS estimates for McLennan County put median household income runs about $66,643, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, McLennan County runs 124 public schools (combined enrollment of about 45,703 students), of which WEST EL is one.

WEST MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, WEST EL comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 44.7%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 19%: 541 students in 2018 compared to 645 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 14.9:1 in 2025.

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