WM B TRAVIS EL

WM B TRAVIS EL is one of the mid-tier K-5 schools in MARSHALL, Texas, one of the schools within MARSHALL ISD, with 473 students on its rolls from grades K through 5.

WM B TRAVIS EL is one of 8 schools operated by MARSHALL ISD, a district that teaches 4,957 students overall.

Demographically, WM B TRAVIS EL reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 31% Black, 19% White, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 15%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, WM B TRAVIS EL has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 88% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is above Harrison County's rate of about 61%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), WM B TRAVIS EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 33.9%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Harrison County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $66,103 per year, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Harrison County runs 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 32,062 students), of which WM B TRAVIS EL is one.

TEXAS EARLY COLLEGE H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, WM B TRAVIS EL comes 4th of 5 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 39.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 30%: 678 students in 2018 compared to 473 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 26% to 19% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 16.8:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for WM B TRAVIS EL typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.