MCLEOD SCHOOL

MCLEOD SCHOOL, an average-sized combined-grade school in MCLEOD, Texas, overseen by MCLEOD ISD, enrolls 424 students, covering grades pre-K through 12.

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

Demographically, MCLEOD SCHOOL lists that 92% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school reports 4% multiracial, 3% Hispanic. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 76%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, MCLEOD SCHOOL has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 11.7:1 average. An estimated 46% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Cass County (around 60%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MCLEOD SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.3%.

Across the wider county, census data for Cass County shows the typical household earns roughly $53,813 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. MCLEOD SCHOOL is one of 19 public schools in Cass County (combined enrollment of about 5,268 students).

Nearest neighbor: North Caddo Elementary-Middle School, around 7.4 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MCLEOD SCHOOL at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 46.2%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 221%: 132 students in 2018 compared to 424 in 2025. The White share of enrollment fell from 97% to 92% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.