NAZARETH SCHOOL

As a tight-knit combined-grade school in NAZARETH, Texas, NAZARETH SCHOOL caters to 243 students from grades pre-K through 12, one of the schools within NAZARETH ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 50% smaller than the state mean of about 485.

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

In terms of who attends, NAZARETH SCHOOL reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%). Other groups include 8% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 41% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school lists 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.7:1 average. An estimated 13% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is noticeably below Castro County's rate of about 70%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, NAZARETH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 68.1%, the actual is 78.1%, a residual of +10.0 points.

Across the wider county, census data for Castro County shows the typical household earns roughly $56,776 per year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 18%. In all, Castro County runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,526 students), of which NAZARETH SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: HART ISD, around 11.1 miles off. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts NAZARETH SCHOOL at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 40.7%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NAZARETH SCHOOL has decreased 3%, going from 250 students in 2018 to 243 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 10.2:1 today.

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