ABBOTT SCHOOL

Located at 219 S FIRST ST, in ABBOTT, Texas, ABBOTT SCHOOL is a low-enrollment unified-grade school that enrolls 284 students (grades pre-K through 12), part of ABBOTT ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 485 students each, so ABBOTT SCHOOL sits 41% leaner than that benchmark.

ABBOTT SCHOOL sits inside ABBOTT ISD, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On demographics, ABBOTT SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is White, at 79% of enrollment. The remainder reads as 17% Hispanic, 2% multiracial.

On the resource side, On paper, ABBOTT SCHOOL has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 38% of students at ABBOTT SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Hill County runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, ABBOTT SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.1%; this one delivers 58.4%.

In the broader community, census data for Hill County shows median household income runs about $64,591, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. ABBOTT SCHOOL is one of 34 public schools in Hill County (combined enrollment of about 6,430 students).

Nearest neighbor: WEST MIDDLE, around 5.0 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ABBOTT SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 57.6%.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 290 students in 2018 compared to 284 in 2025.

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