FRIONA PRI

Set in FRIONA, Texas, FRIONA PRI is a compact primary school, one of the schools within FRIONA ISD. It works with 217 students across grades pre-K through 1. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so FRIONA PRI sits 58% below that benchmark.

FRIONA ISD comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,016 students; FRIONA PRI is among them.

On demographics, FRIONA PRI shows that nearly all students (93%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school lists 6% White. By comparison, Parmer County as a whole is about 67% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Parmer County (around 73%), the school's rate is north of typical.

In the surrounding community, census data for Parmer County shows median household earnings sit near $69,735, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. FRIONA PRI is one of 11 public schools in Parmer County (combined enrollment of about 2,164 students).

The closest other public school is FRIONA EL, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around FRIONA PRI.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at FRIONA PRI has fell 19%, going from 269 students in 2018 to 217 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share ticked up from 88% to 93%. Class-load math has loosened: from 13.1:1 in 2018 to 16.8:1 in 2025.

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