MEADOW SCHOOL

MEADOW SCHOOL is a low-enrollment K-12 campus in MEADOW, Texas, part of MEADOW ISD. The school enrolls 230 students in grades pre-K through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 485 students each, so MEADOW SCHOOL sits 53% leaner than that benchmark.

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

On the student-mix side, MEADOW SCHOOL records that 72% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder looks like 27% White. The wider county runs roughly 57% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school currently runs with 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.7:1, putting MEADOW SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 64% of students at MEADOW SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Terry County's rate of about 80%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, MEADOW SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.0%; this one delivers 35.2%.

In the broader community, census data for Terry County shows the typical household earns roughly $44,100 per year, 10% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. Across Terry County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,086 students), MEADOW SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

ROPES SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 6.1 miles from this campus. On composite proficiency, MEADOW SCHOOL comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 42.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MEADOW SCHOOL has declined 18%, going from 282 students in 2018 to 230 in 2025.

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