Enrollment
141
Texas · 2024-25 NCES data
Other / mixed grade configuration · Briscoe, TX
Fort Elliott School
Federal NCES profile for Fort Elliott School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 54/100.
2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 481140000616
👥 S:T ratio 69
🌟 Gifted program 30
📋 Attendance 65
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Fort Elliott School earns 54/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 96% of Texas schools.
- 54
- Resource Index · Higher
- 7.8:1
- small classes for Texas
- 141
- students enrolled
Fort Elliott School has class sizes smaller than 96% of Texas schools. Computed live against every Texas school reporting to NCES.
School address
District: Fort Elliott Cisd · Texas
NCES ID 481140000616 Verify on NCES CCD record →
Teachers (FTE)
18.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
7.8:1
vs 14.7:1 Texas avg
-47% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Fort Elliott School compares with Texas and U.S. medians
What stands out at Fort Elliott School
Fort Elliott School is a small combined-grade school in Briscoe, Texas, enrolling 141 students.
Classes run notably small here: at 7.8:1, Fort Elliott School is leaner than roughly 96% of Texas schools and 47% under the state's 14.7:1 norm, more adult attention per pupil than most peers.
Enrollment of 141 puts it in the smaller third of Texas schools by headcount.
Its Resource Investment Index lands in the upper third of 8,960 scored Texas schools.
Its student body is predominantly White (82% of enrollment) (diversity index 30/100).
14.2% of students were chronically absent in the 2021-22 collection, in line with the post-pandemic national range.
The surrounding Fort Elliott Cisd spends $20,484 per pupil, 50% above the Texas average, a better-resourced district than most.
Fort Elliott Cisd operates only this one school, so Fort Elliott School has no district-mates to compare against locally.
Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.
Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25
How Fort Elliott School compares
Fort Elliott School on the metrics families compare, against Texas and U.S. means.
| Metric | This school | vs Texas | Texas avg | U.S. avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students per teacher | 7.8:1 | ▼ 47% | 14.7:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Enrollment | 141 | top 89% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
7.8:1
Leaner classes than 95% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
141
Bigger than 14% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Staffing depth
7.8:1
students per teacher
- 47% below state mean
Top 4% in Texas - lower ratio than 96% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
14.2%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
In the 10-15% range, above the pre-pandemic national baseline but within the broader post-pandemic picture.
Funding equity
$20,484
per pupil, district-wide
- above Texas avg of $13,644
Well above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting substantially higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors0.0 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
5
in-school suspensions + 1 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 3.5 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 4.3 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Overview
- Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
- Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
- F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.
Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.
Student demographics
White 82.3%
Hispanic or Latino 14.2%
Two or More 3.5%
Largest group: White at 82.3% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 30.1/100
Simpson diversity index - at 30.1, Fort Elliott School is less mixed than the Texas school average of 44.7.
Programs
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Fort Elliott Cisd, which includes Fort Elliott School.
$20,484
Per student
+50%
vs Texas
Avg $13,644
+23%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 56.1%
State 41.7%
Federal 2.2%
Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.
Similar other schools statewide
Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Texas, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.
Similar enrollment (~141 students)
Similar student-teacher ratio (~7.8:1)
Next steps
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Frequently asked questions about Fort Elliott School
How many students attend Fort Elliott School?
Fort Elliott School has 141 students enrolled. It is a public school in Briscoe, TX.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Fort Elliott School?
The student-teacher ratio at Fort Elliott School is 7.8:1, which is 47% lower than the Texas average of 14.7:1 and 50% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Fort Elliott School?
The largest demographic group at Fort Elliott School is White at 82.3% of enrollment, in Briscoe, TX.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Fort Elliott School?
Fort Elliott School has a Resource Investment Index of 54/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 3 factors: student-teacher ratio, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).
Is Fort Elliott School a good school?
Fort Elliott School earns 54/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 96% of Texas schools. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.
What other schools are in Fort Elliott Cisd?
None reported; Fort Elliott Cisd operates only Fort Elliott School as a public school district in NCES's records.
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