MCLEAN SCHOOL

MCLEAN SCHOOL operates as a minimally staffed unified-grade school in MCLEAN, Texas, overseen by MCLEAN ISD. Current enrollment sits at 182 students spanning grades pre-K through 12. That puts it 62% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 485 students.

MCLEAN ISD is the operating authority for MCLEAN SCHOOL, handling staffing, calendars, and reporting to the state department of education.

Looking at the student body, MCLEAN SCHOOL records that White students make up the majority at 74%. Beyond that, the school shows 20% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Gray County as a whole.

On the resource side, The school employs 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.7:1. The state averages around 11.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 69% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, MCLEAN SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.9%, the actual is 46.3%, a residual of +2.4 points.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Gray County) logs that median household earnings sit near $59,614, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Gray County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,545 students), MCLEAN SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

LEFORS SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 18.4 miles from this campus. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MCLEAN SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 46.3%.

MCLEAN SCHOOL operates from a countryside location.

Five-year trend. MCLEAN SCHOOL's enrollment has contracted 27% since 2018, when it stood at 251 (now 182). The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 11.5:1 in 2018 to 9.7:1 today.

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