PORT O CONNOR SCHOOL

Located at 508 W MONROE ST, in PORT O'CONNOR, Texas, PORT O CONNOR SCHOOL is a micro-enrollment primary school that hosts 64 students (grades pre-K through 5), operated by CALHOUN COUNTY ISD. That puts it 88% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 519 students.

CALHOUN COUNTY ISD comprises 7 schools with combined enrollment of 3,514 students; PORT O CONNOR SCHOOL is among them.

On the student-mix side, PORT O CONNOR SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is White at 53%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest reads as 39% Hispanic, 6% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Calhoun County as a whole.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 7 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.5:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 72% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PORT O CONNOR SCHOOL ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 42.5%; PORT O CONNOR SCHOOL posts 59.5%, +17.0 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Calhoun County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $79,959 per year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. PORT O CONNOR SCHOOL is one of 7 public schools in Calhoun County (combined enrollment of about 3,514 students).

Nearest neighbor: JACKSON/ROOSEVELT EL, around 16.8 miles off. On composite proficiency, PORT O CONNOR SCHOOL comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 47.5%.

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

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PORT O CONNOR SCHOOL has shrank 29%, going from 90 students in 2018 to 64 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 61% to 53% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 9.5:1 today.

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