GRAND SALINE INT

Located at 200 STADIUM DR, in GRAND SALINE, Texas, GRAND SALINE INT is a tight-knit elementary campus that instructs 244 students (grades 3 through 5), operated by GRAND SALINE ISD. That puts it 53% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

Across the 5 schools in GRAND SALINE ISD (1,211 students total), GRAND SALINE INT accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, GRAND SALINE INT lists that White students make up the majority at 70%. Beyond that, the school shows 26% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Van Zandt County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 53% of students at GRAND SALINE INT qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, GRAND SALINE INT performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.8%, the actual is 45.4%, a residual of -5.4 points.

Around the school, census data for Van Zandt County shows the typical household earns roughly $69,475 per year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. GRAND SALINE INT is one of 29 public schools in Van Zandt County (combined enrollment of about 10,738 students).

Nearest neighbor: GRAND SALINE MIDDLE, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around GRAND SALINE INT. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GRAND SALINE INT ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 44.3%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GRAND SALINE INT has rose 3%, going from 236 students in 2018 to 244 in 2025.

On the community side, the feed for GRAND SALINE INT typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.