FOLLETT SCHOOL

FOLLETT SCHOOL is a rural-scale unified-grade school in FOLLETT, Texas, overseen by FOLLETT ISD. The school works with 182 students in grades pre-K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 62% smaller than the state mean of about 485.

FOLLETT ISD is the operating authority for FOLLETT SCHOOL, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Looking at the student body, FOLLETT SCHOOL shows that 65% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 28% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.4:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 52% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Lipscomb County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, FOLLETT SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 51.1%; FOLLETT SCHOOL posts 34.9%, -16.2 points below that line.

In the surrounding community, Lipscomb County reports that median household earnings sit near $72,560, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Lipscomb County's 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 611 students), FOLLETT SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

DARROUZETT SCHOOLS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 10.4 miles from this campus. On composite proficiency, FOLLETT SCHOOL comes 6th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 46.6%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FOLLETT SCHOOL has edged up 25%, going from 146 students in 2018 to 182 in 2025.

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