YOUNG EL

YOUNG EL, a mid-tier elementary campus in SEMINOLE, Texas, run under SEMINOLE ISD, enrolls 581 students, covering grades pre-K through 1.

SEMINOLE ISD runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 3,089 students. YOUNG EL is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, YOUNG EL records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 65% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 34% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 40%.

On the resource side, YOUNG EL shows 42 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 71% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably above Gaines County's rate of about 62%.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Gaines County put the typical household earns roughly $74,132 per year, about 12% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Gaines County's 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,764 students), YOUNG EL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is SEMINOLE H S, roughly 0.3 miles away. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. YOUNG EL's enrollment has rose 5% since 2018, when it stood at 551 (now 581). Hispanic enrollment moved from 46% to 65% across the same window.

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