MARTINSVILLE SCHOOL

MARTINSVILLE SCHOOL is one of the cozy combined-grade schools in MARTINSVILLE, Texas, run under MARTINSVILLE ISD, with 313 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 12. That puts it 35% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 485 students.

Operationally, MARTINSVILLE SCHOOL answers to MARTINSVILLE ISD, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

On demographics, MARTINSVILLE SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White, at 69% of enrollment; the rest looks like 24% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, MARTINSVILLE SCHOOL has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.7:1, putting MARTINSVILLE SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 57% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is south of Nacogdoches County's rate of about 70%.

With demographic context factored in, MARTINSVILLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 49.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.5%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Nacogdoches County indicate the typical household earns roughly $53,555 per year, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. In all, Nacogdoches County runs 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,396 students), of which MARTINSVILLE SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: EXCELSIOR EL, around 5.6 miles off. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MARTINSVILLE SCHOOL at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 44.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 22%: 400 students in 2018 compared to 313 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 15% to 24%. Class-load math has tightened: from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 10.0:1 in 2025.

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