Enrollment
134
Texas · 2024-25 NCES data
Other / mixed grade configuration · Gause, TX
Gause El
Federal NCES profile for Gause El, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 45/100.
2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 482052002063
👥 S:T ratio 62
🌟 Gifted program 70
📋 Attendance 3
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Gause El earns 45/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 91% of Texas schools.
- 45
- Resource Index · Typical
- 9.6:1
- small classes for Texas
- 67.5%
- free-lunch eligible
- 134
- students enrolled
Gause El has class sizes smaller than 91% of Texas schools. Computed live against every Texas school reporting to NCES.
School address
Teachers (FTE)
14.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
9.6:1
vs 14.7:1 Texas avg
-35% vs state
Free-lunch eligible
67.5%
vs 61.9% Texas avg
+9% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Gause El compares with Texas and U.S. medians
What stands out at Gause El
Gause El is a higher-need, small combined-grade school in Gause, Texas, enrolling 134 students.
Classes run notably small here: at 9.6:1, Gause El is leaner than roughly 91% of Texas schools and 35% under the state's 14.7:1 norm, more adult attention per pupil than most peers.
Its free-meal eligibility rate of 67.5% lands close to the Texas typical range, neither a high- nor low-need campus by this measure.
Enrollment of 134 puts it in the smaller third of Texas schools by headcount.
Its Resource Investment Index sits near the middle of the pack among 8,960 scored Texas schools.
Among 305 similarly sized, similarly resourced-need Texas schools statewide, it ranks #227, in the lower tier once campus size and economic need are matched.
Its student body is led by Hispanic or Latino (58%) and White (31%) (diversity index 57/100).
Chronic absenteeism is elevated: 38.8% of students missed 10% or more of school days (2021-22 Civil Rights Data Collection).
Gause Isd operates only this one school, so Gause El 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 Gause El compares
Gause El on the metrics families compare, against Texas and U.S. means.
| Metric | This school | vs Texas | Texas avg | U.S. avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students per teacher | 9.6:1 | ▼ 35% | 14.7:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Free-lunch eligible | 67.5% | ▲ 9% | 61.9% | 51.7% |
| Enrollment | 134 | top 89% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
9.6:1
Leaner classes than 91% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
134
Bigger than 13% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Economic need
67.5%
free-lunch eligible
- 9% above the Texas average of 61.9%
Above the 40% Title I schoolwide threshold; federal funds support the whole school, not individual students.
Staffing depth
9.6:1
students per teacher
- 35% below state mean
Top 9% in Texas - lower ratio than 91% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
38.8%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
At or above 20%, the commonly used threshold for "high" chronic absenteeism, signaling significant barriers to regular attendance.
Funding equity
$13,239
per pupil, district-wide
- below Texas avg of $13,644
Well below the U.S. average per-pupil spend, a notably leaner funding position that may affect programs, facilities, and staffing.
Support staff
Counselors0.0 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
0
in-school suspensions + 1 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.0 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.7 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
Hispanic or Latino 57.5%
White 30.6%
African American 6.7%
Two or More 5.2%
Largest group: Hispanic or Latino at 57.5% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 56.9/100
Simpson diversity index - at 56.9, Gause El is more mixed than the Texas school average of 44.7.
Programs
Gifted & talented Yes
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Gause Isd, which includes Gause El.
$13,239
Per student
-3%
vs Texas
Avg $13,644
-20%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 66.2%
State 20.4%
Federal 13.5%
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 (~134 students)
Similar student-teacher ratio (~9.6:1)
Next steps
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Frequently asked questions about Gause El
How many students attend Gause El?
Gause El has 134 students enrolled. It is a public school in Gause, TX.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Gause El?
The student-teacher ratio at Gause El is 9.6:1, which is 35% lower than the Texas average of 14.7:1 and 39% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.
What percentage of students receive free lunch at Gause El?
67.5% of students at Gause El are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Texas average of 61.9%.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Gause El?
The largest demographic group at Gause El is Hispanic or Latino at 57.5% of enrollment, in Gause, TX. Its student body is more racially and ethnically mixed than most US schools, with a diversity index of 56.9/100.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Gause El?
Gause El has a Resource Investment Index of 45/100 (typical 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 Gause El a good school?
Gause El earns 45/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 91% 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 Gause Isd?
None reported; Gause Isd operates only Gause El as a public school district in NCES's records.
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