Enrollment
119
Combined
STATE 485
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRIDDY ISD·NCES 483582004057
PRIDDY SCHOOL
1375 SH 16 N, PRIDDY, TX 76870 · (325) 966-3323 · Mills County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED43-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL119 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
7.8:1
15 FTE teachers
STATE 11.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
43 students
STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
57.0%
TX avg 51.8%
Mathematics
60.0%
TX avg 42.0%
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 60 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
54.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
119
+8 (+7%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
7.8:1
was 7.9:1
% White
82%
was 68%
% Hispanic
18%
was 27%
% Black
0%
was 1%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About PRIDDY SCHOOL
Located at 1375 SH 16 N, in PRIDDY, Texas, PRIDDY SCHOOL is a micro-enrollment all-grades campus that works with 119 students (grades pre-K through 12), run under PRIDDY ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 75% below the state mean of about 485.
PRIDDY SCHOOL is a school of PRIDDY ISD, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.
For racial and ethnic makeup, PRIDDY SCHOOL records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). The remainder breaks down as 18% Hispanic.
On the resource side, On paper, PRIDDY SCHOOL has 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 7.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.7:1, putting PRIDDY SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 36% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Mills County's rate of about 50%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, PRIDDY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.1%, the actual is 54.3%, a residual of -3.8 points.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Mills County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $67,620 per year, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. Across Mills County's 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 754 students), PRIDDY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.
MULLIN MAIN is the nearest neighboring public school, about 12.6 miles from this campus. On composite proficiency, PRIDDY SCHOOL comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 47.5%.
The campus sits in a countryside setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 7%: 111 students in 2018 compared to 119 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share climbed from 68% to 82%.
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Mills County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
4,511
Census ACS
Median income
$67,620
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
28%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
7
754 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- MULLIN MAIN12.6 mi · 79
- GUSTINE SCHOOL13.2 mi · 136
- GOLDTHWAITE EL15.5 mi · 237
- GOLDTHWAITE H S15.9 mi · 168
- GOLDTHWAITE MIDDLE15.9 mi · 111
- COMANCHE EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER16.6 mi · 50
Frequently asked questions
About PRIDDY SCHOOLHow many students attend PRIDDY SCHOOL?
PRIDDY SCHOOL enrolls approximately 119 students in grades PK-12.
Is PRIDDY SCHOOL an elementary, middle, or high school?
PRIDDY SCHOOL is a combined-grade school covering grades PK-12.
How many students per teacher at PRIDDY SCHOOL?
Approximately 7.8:1 students per teacher at PRIDDY SCHOOL.
What is the racial breakdown of students at PRIDDY SCHOOL?
At PRIDDY SCHOOL, the student body is approximately 82% White, 18% Hispanic, 1% Two or more.
Is PRIDDY SCHOOL public or private?
PRIDDY SCHOOL is a public K-12 school, overseen by PRIDDY ISD.
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