DELL CITY SCHOOL

Located at 110 N MAIN, in DELL CITY, Texas, DELL CITY SCHOOL is an one-room-style combined-grade school that educates 76 students (grades pre-K through 12), part of DELL CITY ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 485 students each, so DELL CITY SCHOOL sits 84% below that benchmark.

Operationally, DELL CITY SCHOOL answers to DELL CITY ISD, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

For racial and ethnic makeup, DELL CITY SCHOOL shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 70%; the rest looks like 28% White, 3% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, DELL CITY SCHOOL has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 6.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.7:1, putting DELL CITY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 78% of students at DELL CITY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, DELL CITY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.0%, the actual is 35.0%, a residual of -5.0 points.

In the area at large, census data for Hudspeth County shows median household income runs about $48,600, 10% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. In all, Hudspeth County runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 566 students), of which DELL CITY SCHOOL is one.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DELL CITY SCHOOL has ticked up 17%, going from 65 students in 2018 to 76 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 38% to 28% over that span.

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