NORDHEIM SCHOOL

Located at 500 N BROADWAY, in NORDHEIM, Texas, NORDHEIM SCHOOL is a rural-scale combined-grade school that caters to 116 students (grades pre-K through 12), run under NORDHEIM ISD. Compared to the state average of about 485 students per school, that is 76% below typical.

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

For racial and ethnic makeup, NORDHEIM SCHOOL reports that the most-represented group is White (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 46% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, DeWitt County as a whole is about 59% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, NORDHEIM SCHOOL shows 17 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 6.8:1. The state averages around 11.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 65% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above DeWitt County's rate of about 56%.

With demographic context factored in, NORDHEIM SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.6%, the actual is 50.3%, a residual of +4.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, DeWitt County reports that the typical household earns roughly $63,730 per year, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across DeWitt County's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,297 students), NORDHEIM SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

RUNGE H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 6.4 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 5 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, NORDHEIM SCHOOL comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 34.5%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Looking at the recent track record. NORDHEIM SCHOOL's enrollment has shrank 26% since 2018, when it stood at 157 (now 116). Over the same period, the White share decreased from 58% to 50%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 9.2:1 in 2018 to 6.8:1 today.

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