WORTHAM EL

WORTHAM EL is a modestly sized elementary campus in WORTHAM, Texas, operated by WORTHAM ISD. The school serves 238 students in grades pre-K through 5. That puts it 54% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Across the 3 schools in WORTHAM ISD (535 students total), WORTHAM EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, WORTHAM EL shows that the most-represented group is White (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 33% Hispanic, 8% multiracial, 5% Black. The wider county runs roughly 66% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 60% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

After controlling for student poverty, WORTHAM EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.6%, the actual is 36.7%, a residual of -10.9 points.

Across the wider county, Freestone County reports that the typical household earns roughly $59,960 per year, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Freestone County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,520 students), WORTHAM EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: WORTHAM MIDDLE, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, WORTHAM EL comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 39.4%.

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

Over the past 7-year window. WORTHAM EL's enrollment has ticked down 7% since 2018, when it stood at 255 (now 238). Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 20% to 33%. Class-load math has rose: from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 in 2025.

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