GRANDFALLS-ROYALTY SCHOOL

Set in GRANDFALLS, Texas, GRANDFALLS-ROYALTY SCHOOL is a tiny multi-level school, one of the schools within GRANDFALLS-ROYALTY ISD. It educates 157 students across grades pre-K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 485 students per school, that is 68% smaller than typical.

GRANDFALLS-ROYALTY SCHOOL is a school of GRANDFALLS-ROYALTY ISD, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

In terms of who attends, GRANDFALLS-ROYALTY SCHOOL logs that Hispanic students make up the majority at 68%. Other groups include 28% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 56% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.7:1 average. An estimated 62% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), GRANDFALLS-ROYALTY SCHOOL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 46.6%; this one comes in at 22.0%, -24.6 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Ward County indicate median household income runs about $65,952, about 12% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. Across Ward County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,338 students), GRANDFALLS-ROYALTY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is BUENA VISTA SCHOOL, roughly 10.3 miles away. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GRANDFALLS-ROYALTY SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 42.8%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Looking at the recent track record. GRANDFALLS-ROYALTY SCHOOL's enrollment has edged down 3% since 2018, when it stood at 162 (now 157).

On the community side, the feed for GRANDFALLS-ROYALTY SCHOOL typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.