BYNUM SCHOOL

BYNUM SCHOOL is one of the micro-enrollment all-grades campuss in BYNUM, Texas, overseen by BYNUM ISD, with 187 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 12. That puts it 61% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 485 students.

BYNUM SCHOOL is a school of BYNUM ISD, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, BYNUM SCHOOL shows that White students make up the majority at 57%. Other groups include 35% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 75% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, BYNUM SCHOOL logs 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.7:1 average. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Hill County (around 64%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BYNUM SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.1%.

Zooming out to the county, 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%. In all, Hill County runs 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,430 students), of which BYNUM SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: HILLSBORO INT, around 6.7 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BYNUM SCHOOL at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 52.0%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 4%: 179 students in 2018 compared to 187 in 2025.

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