GUSTINE SCHOOL

As an one-room-style multi-level school in GUSTINE, Texas, GUSTINE SCHOOL educates 136 students from grades pre-K through 12, run under GUSTINE ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 485 students each, so GUSTINE SCHOOL sits 72% smaller than that benchmark.

Operationally, GUSTINE SCHOOL answers to GUSTINE ISD, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

Looking at the student body, GUSTINE SCHOOL reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 65%. The remainder comes out to 34% White. By comparison, Comanche County as a whole is about 30% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, The school reports having 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.7:1 average. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Comanche County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, GUSTINE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 38.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 35.5%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Comanche County) records that the typical household earns roughly $59,635 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. GUSTINE SCHOOL is one of 9 public schools in Comanche County (combined enrollment of about 2,274 students).

COMANCHE EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 11.2 miles from this campus. On composite proficiency, GUSTINE SCHOOL comes 8th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 53.9%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GUSTINE SCHOOL has declined 4%, going from 141 students in 2018 to 136 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment contracted from 70% to 65% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 9.2:1 in 2018 to 7.1:1 today.

On this page, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.