Eddie Ruth Lagway Elementary School

Size

Eddie Ruth Lagway Elementary School is the largest of Willis ISD's 6 elementary schools; its 779 students are 8.4% of district enrollment. Its 8 closest elementary schools sit a median 4.1 miles away with a median enrollment of 706; Eddie Ruth Lagway Elementary School is close to their typical size.

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

Its largest grade is grade 2 with 148 students, and its smallest is kindergarten with 96, against an average of 130 per grade. This year grade 5 has 43% more students than kindergarten (137 against 96). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

The largest group is White students: 59.1% here and 47.1% across Willis ISD. Hispanic students are next, at 22.1%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

39.2% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 59.4% across Willis ISD and a median of 72% for Texas elementary schools. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.

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

Teachers

With 48 full-time-equivalent teachers for 779 students, Eddie Ruth Lagway Elementary School has 16.2 students per teacher. At the median Texas elementary school ratio of 14.8, a school with 779 students would have about 52.6 teachers, so Eddie Ruth Lagway Elementary School has 4.6 fewer.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas elementary schools (14.8).

Location

Eddie Ruth Lagway Elementary School is in rural territory within 5 miles of an urbanized area or 2.5 miles of a town, which NCES calls rural, fringe. The nearest other elementary school is Giesinger Elementary School, 2.5 miles away in Conroe ISD. Within 10 miles there are 23 other elementary schools, 5 of them within 5 miles.

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