GAINESVILLE INT

GAINESVILLE INT, a small 6-8 campus in GAINESVILLE, Texas, overseen by GAINESVILLE ISD, caters to 480 students, covering grades 5 through 6. That puts it 25% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.

GAINESVILLE INT is one of 5 schools operated by GAINESVILLE ISD, a district that enrolls 3,111 students overall.

In terms of who attends, GAINESVILLE INT logs that 62% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 27% White, 5% Black, 5% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 21% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, GAINESVILLE INT has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting GAINESVILLE INT higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 64% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Cooke County (around 48%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, GAINESVILLE INT falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 45.9%; this one comes in at 21.0%, -24.9 points off the demographic line.

Across the wider county, census data for Cooke County shows median household income runs about $73,932, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. GAINESVILLE INT is one of 20 public schools in Cooke County (combined enrollment of about 6,986 students).

Nearest neighbor: DAEP, around 1.8 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GAINESVILLE INT at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 45.0%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 7%: 447 students in 2018 compared to 480 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 15.4:1 in 2018 to 17.5:1 in 2025.

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