Ball Early Childhood Center

Size

Ball Early Childhood Center is the only school in Seguin ISD. Its 422 students are 5.8% of the district's 7,290. Its 8 closest schools sit a median 30.6 miles away with a median enrollment of 172; Ball Early Childhood Center is larger than most of them.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Ball Early Childhood Center serves a single grade, pre-K, with 422 students.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

The largest group is Hispanic students: 77.7% here and 71.6% across Seguin ISD. White students are next, at 15.9%. Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

87.9% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 71.7% across Seguin ISD and a median of 85.7% for Texas schools. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

With 23 full-time-equivalent teachers for 422 students, Ball Early Childhood Center has 18.3 students per teacher. At the median Texas school ratio of 17, a school with 422 students would have about 24.8 teachers, so Ball Early Childhood Center has 1.8 fewer.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas schools (17).

Location

Ball Early Childhood Center is in a town no more than 10 miles from an urbanized area, which NCES calls town, fringe. The nearest other school is Lone Star Early Childhood Center, 12.8 miles away in New Braunfels ISD. No other school is within 10 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.