ROCHELLE SCHOOL

Set in ROCHELLE, Texas, ROCHELLE SCHOOL is a very small all-grades campus, part of ROCHELLE ISD. It hosts 160 students across grades pre-K through 12. That puts it 67% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 485 students.

Operationally, ROCHELLE SCHOOL answers to ROCHELLE ISD, which sets policy, hires staff, and reports enrollment to the state.

In terms of who attends, ROCHELLE SCHOOL reports that 69% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 29% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. Compared to McCulloch County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 52% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below McCulloch County's rate of about 62%.

With demographic context factored in, ROCHELLE SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 65.3%.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for McCulloch County put the typical household earns roughly $54,043 per year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across McCulloch County's 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,218 students), ROCHELLE SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

BRADY EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 11.1 miles from this campus. On composite proficiency, ROCHELLE SCHOOL comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 42.4%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ROCHELLE SCHOOL has edged down 14%, going from 185 students in 2018 to 160 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 77% to 69%.

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