NORTHWEST EL

NORTHWEST EL is an average-sized K-5 school in HEREFORD, Texas, one of the schools within HEREFORD ISD. The school hosts 479 students in grades K through 5.

HEREFORD ISD runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 3,964 students. NORTHWEST EL is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, NORTHWEST EL logs that nearly all students (90%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 8% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 76%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, NORTHWEST EL has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.4:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 79% of students at NORTHWEST EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), NORTHWEST EL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 39.8%; this one comes in at 25.7%, -14.1 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Deaf Smith County) records that the typical household earns roughly $60,799 per year, about 11% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Deaf Smith County's 9 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,110 students), NORTHWEST EL is one campus in the mix.

HEREFORD J H is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), NORTHWEST EL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 37.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NORTHWEST EL has climbed 3%, going from 467 students in 2018 to 479 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 15% to 8% over that span.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.