NOCONA EL

NOCONA EL is one of the close-knit elementary campuss in NOCONA, Texas, operated by NOCONA ISD, with 351 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 32% leaner than typical.

Within NOCONA ISD, which oversees 3 schools and 785 students, NOCONA EL is one campus in the system.

On demographics, NOCONA EL lists that the largest single group is White, at 64% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 32% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 90% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting NOCONA EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 57% of students at NOCONA EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

After controlling for student poverty, NOCONA EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.1%, the actual is 47.2%, a residual of -1.9 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Montague County indicate median household income runs about $64,545, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Montague County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,240 students), of which NOCONA EL is one.

NOCONA MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around NOCONA EL. On composite proficiency, NOCONA EL comes 5th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 48.6%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NOCONA EL has held roughly steady, going from 360 students in 2018 to 351 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share climbed from 59% to 64%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 13.3:1 today.

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