KLONDIKE ISD

KLONDIKE ISD is a tight-knit unified-grade school in LAMESA, Texas, one of the schools within KLONDIKE ISD. The school educates 261 students in grades pre-K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 46% leaner than the state mean of about 485.

KLONDIKE ISD is a school of KLONDIKE ISD, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On demographics, KLONDIKE ISD reports that 60% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 39% Hispanic. By comparison, Dawson County as a whole is about 50% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, KLONDIKE ISD lists 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 21% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Dawson County's rate of about 68%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, KLONDIKE ISD performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 64.5%, the actual is 71.9%, a residual of +7.4 points.

In the broader community, census data for Dawson County shows median household income runs about $54,360, roughly 13% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 17%. Across Dawson County's 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,117 students), KLONDIKE ISD is one campus in the mix.

LAMESA SCHOOLS is the nearest neighboring public school, about 12.4 miles from this campus. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts KLONDIKE ISD at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 46.2%.

KLONDIKE ISD operates from an outlying location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 6%: 246 students in 2018 compared to 261 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 32% to 39% over that span.

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