HEDLEY SCHOOL

HEDLEY SCHOOL operates as a very small combined-grade school in HEDLEY, Texas, part of HEDLEY ISD. Current enrollment sits at 95 students spanning grades pre-K through 12. Compared to the state average of about 485 students per school, that is 80% smaller than typical.

HEDLEY SCHOOL sits inside HEDLEY ISD, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, HEDLEY SCHOOL logs that 60% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 32% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 84% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 5.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.7:1 average. Around 74% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Donley County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, HEDLEY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.7%, the actual is 50.0%, a residual of +8.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Donley County put median household earnings sit near $58,750, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 3%. HEDLEY SCHOOL is one of 4 public schools in Donley County (combined enrollment of about 496 students).

MEMPHIS MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 11.0 miles from this campus. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HEDLEY SCHOOL at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 54.2%.

HEDLEY SCHOOL operates from a countryside location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count declined 8%: 103 students in 2018 compared to 95 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 70% to 60% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 7.0:1 in 2018 to 5.6:1 in 2025.

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