WRIGHT EL

As a reasonably sized elementary campus in WEATHERFORD, Texas, WRIGHT EL caters to 528 students from grades pre-K through 5, overseen by WEATHERFORD ISD.

WEATHERFORD ISD runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 8,023 students. WRIGHT EL is one of those campuses.

On demographics, WRIGHT EL logs that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 38% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting WRIGHT EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 60% of students at WRIGHT EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Parker County's rate of about 33%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, WRIGHT EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.2%; this one delivers 42.0%.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Parker County put median household earnings sit near $104,443, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Parker County's 51 public schools (combined enrollment of about 28,354 students), WRIGHT EL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: HALL MIDDLE, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WRIGHT EL at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 44.3%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WRIGHT EL has declined 3%, going from 544 students in 2018 to 528 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 60% to 54% across the same window.

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