WEST SABINE EL

WEST SABINE EL, a compact elementary-level community in PINELAND, Texas, overseen by WEST SABINE ISD, teaches 329 students, covering grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 37% leaner than typical.

Within WEST SABINE ISD, which oversees 2 schools and 638 students, WEST SABINE EL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, WEST SABINE EL lists that the student body is overwhelmingly White (81%). Beyond that, the school logs 9% Black, 5% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting WEST SABINE EL tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 63% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, On a poverty-adjusted basis, WEST SABINE EL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 46.4%; actual is 28.2%, a gap of -18.2 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Sabine County indicate median household income runs about $66,585, about 14% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Sabine County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,807 students), WEST SABINE EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: WEST SABINE H S, around 0.7 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 6 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WEST SABINE EL ranks 9th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 49.7%.

WEST SABINE EL operates from a low-density location.

Looking at the recent track record. WEST SABINE EL's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 323 (now 329). The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 13.9:1 today.

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