KILGORE INT

KILGORE INT, an average-sized elementary school in KILGORE, Texas, part of KILGORE ISD, instructs 531 students, covering grades 4 through 5.

KILGORE ISD comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 3,660 students; KILGORE INT is among them.

On demographics, KILGORE INT records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 41%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 41% White, 13% Black, 5% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 19%.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting KILGORE INT tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 72% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, KILGORE INT sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.5%; this one delivers 38.6%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Rusk County indicate median household income runs about $68,658, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Rusk County's 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,350 students), KILGORE INT is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is CHANDLER EL, roughly 0.3 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), KILGORE INT ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 44.9%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at KILGORE INT has fell 16%, going from 631 students in 2018 to 531 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 31% to 41%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 14.8:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

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