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WILLIAM F BARNETT EL
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WILLIAM F BARNETT EL operates as a mid-sized elementary campus in SANTA FE, Texas, run under SANTA FE ISD. Current enrollment sits at 640 students spanning grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 23% bigger than the state mean of about 519.
SANTA FE ISD runs 7 schools in total, collectively educating 4,310 students. WILLIAM F BARNETT EL is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, WILLIAM F BARNETT EL logs that the largest single group is White, at 64% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 30% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Galveston County as a whole.
In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.2:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 56% of students at WILLIAM F BARNETT EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WILLIAM F BARNETT EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.4%; this one delivers 59.8%.
In the broader community, Galveston County reports that the typical household earns roughly $86,105 per year, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. WILLIAM F BARNETT EL is one of 95 public schools in Galveston County (combined enrollment of about 62,767 students).
ROY J WOLLAM EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.7 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, WILLIAM F BARNETT EL comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 43.3%.
WILLIAM F BARNETT EL operates from an outer-ring location.
Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.
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