BARBARA BUSH PRI

BARBARA BUSH PRI, a tight-knit primary school in SULPHUR SPRINGS, Texas, one of the schools within SULPHUR SPRINGS ISD, teaches 310 students, covering grades K through 3. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so BARBARA BUSH PRI sits 40% leaner than that benchmark.

SULPHUR SPRINGS ISD comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 4,236 students; BARBARA BUSH PRI is among them.

On demographics, BARBARA BUSH PRI shows that the largest single group is White at 53%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 26% Hispanic, 12% Black, 6% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 80% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.9:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 71% of students at BARBARA BUSH PRI qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is above Hopkins County's rate of about 61%.

With demographic context factored in, BARBARA BUSH PRI tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.5%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Hopkins County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $70,888 per year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Hopkins County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,733 students), of which BARBARA BUSH PRI is one.

The closest other public school is SULPHUR SPRINGS H S, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BARBARA BUSH PRI ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 48.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BARBARA BUSH PRI has contracted 43%, going from 545 students in 2018 to 310 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 48% to 53% across the same window.

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