WINONA EL

WINONA EL is an elementary-level community of reasonably sized scale in WINONA, Texas, overseen by WINONA ISD, enrolling 582 students in grades pre-K through 5.

Within WINONA ISD, which oversees 3 schools and 1,166 students, WINONA EL is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, WINONA EL records that 40% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 37% White, 18% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 21% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, WINONA EL reports 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.7:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 91% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Smith County runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, WINONA EL is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 34.0%; WINONA EL posts 18.5%, -15.5 points below that line.

In the area at large, census data for Smith County shows median household income runs about $74,192, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. WINONA EL is one of 65 public schools in Smith County (combined enrollment of about 37,385 students).

The closest other public school is WINONA H S, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around WINONA EL. On composite proficiency, WINONA EL comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 45.3%.

WINONA EL operates from a countryside location.

Trend over the last 7 years. WINONA EL's enrollment has climbed 50% since 2018, when it stood at 387 (now 582). White enrollment moved from 51% to 37% across the same window.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.