WEST MAIN EL

WEST MAIN EL, a medium-sized primary school in LANCASTER, Texas, one of the schools within LANCASTER ISD, serves 601 students, covering grades pre-K through 5.

Across the 10 schools in LANCASTER ISD (6,822 students total), WEST MAIN EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, WEST MAIN EL lists that the largest single group is Black, at 65% of enrollment; the rest looks like 28% Hispanic, 3% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 22% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, WEST MAIN EL has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.4:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 81% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WEST MAIN EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 42.5%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Dallas County shows the typical household earns roughly $76,547 per year, roughly 36% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. WEST MAIN EL is one of 771 public schools in Dallas County (combined enrollment of about 459,645 students).

L ISD J J An E P is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WEST MAIN EL. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WEST MAIN EL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 31.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a commuter-belt area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 11%: 676 students in 2018 compared to 601 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 22% to 28%.

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