KNOX CITY SCHOOL

KNOX CITY SCHOOL is a combined-grade school of cozy scale in KNOX CITY, Texas, operated by KNOX CITY-O'BRIEN CISD, works with 195 students in grades pre-K through 12. That puts it 60% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 485 students.

KNOX CITY SCHOOL sits inside KNOX CITY-O'BRIEN CISD, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

For racial and ethnic makeup, KNOX CITY SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 48%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 46% White, 2% Black, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Knox County as a whole is about 34% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.9:1. The state averages around 11.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 66% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), KNOX CITY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.2%; this one delivers 56.8%.

In the surrounding community, Knox County reports that median household income runs about $56,667, about 14% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. KNOX CITY SCHOOL is one of 4 public schools in Knox County (combined enrollment of about 710 students).

Nearest neighbor: MUNDAY EL, around 10.7 miles off. On composite proficiency, KNOX CITY SCHOOL comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 51.3%.

KNOX CITY SCHOOL operates from a countryside location.

Trend over the last 7 years. KNOX CITY SCHOOL's enrollment has grew 141% since 2018, when it stood at 81 (now 195). Over the same period, the Black share contracted from 7% to 2%.

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