HEREFORD PREPARATORY ACADEMY

Set in HEREFORD, Texas, HEREFORD PREPARATORY ACADEMY is a close-knit middle school, run under HEREFORD ISD. It caters to 322 students across grade 8. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 643 students each, so HEREFORD PREPARATORY ACADEMY sits 50% leaner than that benchmark.

HEREFORD ISD comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 3,964 students; HEREFORD PREPARATORY ACADEMY is among them.

On demographics, HEREFORD PREPARATORY ACADEMY records that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (92%). Beyond that, the school reports 7% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 76%.

On the resource side, HEREFORD PREPARATORY ACADEMY reports 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.9:1. The state averages about 14.4:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 80% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, HEREFORD PREPARATORY ACADEMY sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.9%; this one delivers 31.4%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Deaf Smith County indicate median household income runs about $60,799, 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Deaf Smith County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,110 students), HEREFORD PREPARATORY ACADEMY is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is HEREFORD J H, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around HEREFORD PREPARATORY ACADEMY. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HEREFORD PREPARATORY ACADEMY at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 37.0%.

HEREFORD PREPARATORY ACADEMY operates from a town-based location.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HEREFORD PREPARATORY ACADEMY has ticked up 5%, going from 306 students in 2018 to 322 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 87% to 92% over that span.

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