COVINGTON SCHOOL

COVINGTON SCHOOL is a tight-knit all-grades campus in COVINGTON, Texas, part of COVINGTON ISD. The school educates 353 students in grades pre-K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 27% smaller than the state mean of about 485.

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

Demographically, COVINGTON SCHOOL records that 67% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 28% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 75%.

On the resource side, COVINGTON SCHOOL shows 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.7:1 average. Roughly 56% of students at COVINGTON SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), COVINGTON SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 49.4%; COVINGTON SCHOOL posts 31.6%, -17.7 points below that line.

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%. Across Hill County's 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,430 students), COVINGTON SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: ITASCA EL, around 6.6 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), COVINGTON SCHOOL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, behind the local average of 45.1%.

COVINGTON SCHOOL operates from a rural location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 18%: 298 students in 2018 compared to 353 in 2025. The White share of enrollment decreased from 82% to 67% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.