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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