SANDERSON SCHOOLS

SANDERSON SCHOOLS operates as a minimally staffed K-12 campus in SANDERSON, Texas, run under TERRELL COUNTY ISD. Current enrollment sits at 114 students spanning grades K through 12. That puts it 76% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 485 students.

SANDERSON SCHOOLS sits inside TERRELL COUNTY ISD, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

On the student-mix side, SANDERSON SCHOOLS logs that 54% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 41% White, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 40% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, The school lists 14 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.0:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.7:1 average. About 52% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

With demographic context factored in, SANDERSON SCHOOLS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.2%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Terrell County indicate median household earnings sit near $44,886, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line.

The school occupies a countryside site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SANDERSON SCHOOLS has shrank 21%, going from 144 students in 2018 to 114 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged down from 64% to 54%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 9.1:1 in 2018 to 8.0:1 today.

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