YOUNG EL

YOUNG EL is one of the moderately sized elementary campuss in DECATUR, Texas, run under DECATUR ISD, with 445 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5.

DECATUR ISD runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 3,786 students. YOUNG EL is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, YOUNG EL records that the largest single group is White, at 58% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 37% Hispanic, 2% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Wise County as a whole is about 80% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 57% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Wise County (around 47%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, YOUNG EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 52.4%.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Wise County put the typical household earns roughly $93,421 per year, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. YOUNG EL is one of 28 public schools in Wise County (combined enrollment of about 12,854 students).

The closest other public school is STEM ACADEMY AT ENIS EL, roughly 2.1 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around YOUNG EL. On composite proficiency, YOUNG EL comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 46.8%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 14%: 520 students in 2018 compared to 445 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked up from 31% to 37% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 17.4:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.