Enrollment
339
Combined
STATE 485
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRAFORD ISD·NCES 482133002133
GRAFORD SCHOOL
400 W DIVISION, GRAFORD, TX 76449 · (940) 664-3101 · Palo Pinto County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL339 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
8.7:1
39 FTE teachers
STATE 11.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
175 students
STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
56.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +38.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
42.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +24.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 38 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 24 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
42.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
339
+177 (+109%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
8.7:1
was 9.8:1
% White
75%
was 82%
% Hispanic
20%
was 15%
% Black
0%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About GRAFORD SCHOOL
As a close-knit unified-grade school in GRAFORD, Texas, GRAFORD SCHOOL caters to 339 students from grades pre-K through 12, run under GRAFORD ISD. That puts it 30% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 485 students.
GRAFORD SCHOOL sits inside GRAFORD ISD, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.
On the student-mix side, GRAFORD SCHOOL lists that White students make up the majority at 75%. Other groups include 20% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.7:1 average. About 52% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Palo Pinto County (around 70%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.
After controlling for student poverty, GRAFORD SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.3%, the actual is 42.0%, a residual of -9.3 points.
In the area at large, community-level numbers for Palo Pinto County indicate median household income runs about $67,674, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. GRAFORD SCHOOL is one of 11 public schools in Palo Pinto County (combined enrollment of about 7,087 students).
PALO PINTO EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 12.3 miles from this campus. On composite proficiency, GRAFORD SCHOOL comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 48.4%.
Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GRAFORD SCHOOL has rose 109%, going from 162 students in 2018 to 339 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 82% to 75% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 9.8:1 in 2018 to 8.7:1 in 2025.
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Palo Pinto County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
29,295
Census ACS
Median income
$67,674
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
11
7,087 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- PALO PINTO EL12.3 mi · 94
- PERRIN SCHOOL12.6 mi · 324
- MINERAL WELLS EL12.7 mi · 1,907
- MINERAL WELLS J H13.2 mi · 463
- MINERAL WELLS SCHOOLS13.2 mi · 3,275
- MINERAL WELLS ACADEMY13.4 mi · 28
Frequently asked questions
About GRAFORD SCHOOLHow many students attend GRAFORD SCHOOL?
GRAFORD SCHOOL enrolls approximately 339 students in grades PK-12.
Is GRAFORD SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
GRAFORD SCHOOL is a combined-grade school covering grades PK-12.
How many teachers does GRAFORD SCHOOL have?
GRAFORD SCHOOL employs 39 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 8.7:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at GRAFORD SCHOOL?
At GRAFORD SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 75% White, 20% Hispanic, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is GRAFORD SCHOOL in?
GRAFORD SCHOOL is part of GRAFORD ISD.
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