Enrollment
220
Combined
STATE 485
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BUENA VISTA ISD·NCES 481191000699
BUENA VISTA SCHOOL
404 W HWY 11, IMPERIAL, TX 79743 · (432) 536-2225 · Pecos County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL220 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
20 FTE teachers
STATE 11.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
48%
106 students
STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
43.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +30.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
32.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +9.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 43 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 30 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 9 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
34.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-18.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 53% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
220
-24 (-10%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
11.0:1
was 15.2:1
% White
23%
was 23%
% Hispanic
75%
was 74%
% Black
2%
was 2%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About BUENA VISTA SCHOOL
As a small multi-level school in IMPERIAL, Texas, BUENA VISTA SCHOOL instructs 220 students from grades pre-K through 12, overseen by BUENA VISTA ISD. Compared to the state average of about 485 students per school, that is 55% below typical.
BUENA VISTA SCHOOL sits inside BUENA VISTA ISD, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.
On the student-mix side, BUENA VISTA SCHOOL logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 75% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 23% White. That composition is broadly in line with Pecos County as a whole.
In terms of school funding signals, BUENA VISTA SCHOOL logs 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.7:1 average. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Pecos County's rate of about 69%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, On a poverty-adjusted basis, BUENA VISTA SCHOOL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 52.8%; actual is 34.9%, a gap of -18.0 points.
In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Pecos County indicate median household income runs about $72,750, roughly 14% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Across Pecos County's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 14,033 students), BUENA VISTA SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
GRANDFALLS-ROYALTY SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 10.3 miles from this campus. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BUENA VISTA SCHOOL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 37.4%.
The school occupies a small-town site.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 10%: 244 students in 2018 compared to 220 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 15.2:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 today.
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Pecos County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
14,896
Census ACS
Median income
$72,750
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
12
14,033 students
Quick facts
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- GRANDFALLS-ROYALTY SCHOOL10.3 mi · 157
- CRANE H S21.7 mi · 347
- CRANE MIDDLE21.7 mi · 261
- CRANE EL21.8 mi · 625
- TATOM EL23.8 mi · 326
- GEORGE CULLENDER KIND24.1 mi · 259
Frequently asked questions
About BUENA VISTA SCHOOLHow many students attend BUENA VISTA SCHOOL?
BUENA VISTA SCHOOL enrolls approximately 220 students in grades PK-12.
Is BUENA VISTA SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
BUENA VISTA SCHOOL is a combined-grade school covering grades PK-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at BUENA VISTA SCHOOL?
The student-to-teacher ratio at BUENA VISTA SCHOOL is approximately 11.0:1 (20 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at BUENA VISTA SCHOOL?
At BUENA VISTA SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 23% White, 75% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is BUENA VISTA SCHOOL public or private?
BUENA VISTA SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by BUENA VISTA ISD.
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