WINDTHORST EL

WINDTHORST EL is a small elementary campus in WINDTHORST, Texas, operated by WINDTHORST ISD. The school instructs 257 students in grades pre-K through 5. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so WINDTHORST EL sits 50% leaner than that benchmark.

Across the 3 schools in WINDTHORST ISD (506 students total), WINDTHORST EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, WINDTHORST EL records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (80%). The remainder looks like 19% Hispanic. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 89%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 49% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Archer County (around 32%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, WINDTHORST EL ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 52.8%; WINDTHORST EL posts 74.2%, +21.4 points above that line.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Archer County indicate median household earnings sit near $72,159, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. In all, Archer County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,110 students), of which WINDTHORST EL is one.

WINDTHORST JH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around WINDTHORST EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WINDTHORST EL at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 56.5%.

WINDTHORST EL operates from a countryside location.

Over the past 7-year window. WINDTHORST EL's enrollment has expanded 30% since 2018, when it stood at 197 (now 257). White enrollment moved from 73% to 80% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the WINDTHORST EL community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.