WILLIAM J CLINTON EL

WILLIAM J CLINTON EL is one of the mid-sized elementary schools in PENITAS, Texas, run under LA JOYA ISD, with 463 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

Within LA JOYA ISD, which oversees 36 schools and 22,942 students, WILLIAM J CLINTON EL is one campus in the system.

On the student-mix side, WILLIAM J CLINTON EL records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (100%). By comparison, Hidalgo County as a whole is about 92% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.1:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 96% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Hidalgo County runs at roughly 85%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WILLIAM J CLINTON EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 31.8%, the actual is 44.1%, a residual of +12.3 points.

Around the school, Hidalgo County reports that median household income runs about $54,338, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 23%. Across Hidalgo County's 364 public schools (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students), WILLIAM J CLINTON EL is one campus in the mix.

DR JAVIER SAENZ MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WILLIAM J CLINTON EL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 40.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Looking at the recent track record. WILLIAM J CLINTON EL's enrollment has contracted 32% since 2018, when it stood at 681 (now 463).

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