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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