RICHLAND SPRINGS SCHOOL

RICHLAND SPRINGS SCHOOL operates as a very small unified-grade school in RICHLAND SPRINGS, Texas, overseen by RICHLAND SPRINGS ISD. Current enrollment sits at 120 students spanning grades pre-K through 12. That puts it 75% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 485 students.

RICHLAND SPRINGS SCHOOL sits inside RICHLAND SPRINGS ISD, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On the student-mix side, RICHLAND SPRINGS SCHOOL lists that the largest single group is White, at 74% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 21% Hispanic, 3% Native American. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, RICHLAND SPRINGS SCHOOL lists 15 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.7:1 average. An estimated 20% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, San Saba County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, RICHLAND SPRINGS SCHOOL falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 65.1%; this one comes in at 43.5%, -21.7 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for San Saba County put median household earnings sit near $55,819, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across San Saba County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 981 students), RICHLAND SPRINGS SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: SAN SABA MIDDLE, around 14.2 miles off. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), RICHLAND SPRINGS SCHOOL ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 50.8%.

RICHLAND SPRINGS SCHOOL operates from an outlying location.

Trend over the last 7 years. RICHLAND SPRINGS SCHOOL's enrollment has declined 8% since 2018, when it stood at 130 (now 120). The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 9.9:1 in 2018 to 8.2:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.