SHEPHERD INT

Located at 420 RAILROAD AVE, in SHEPHERD, Texas, SHEPHERD INT is a tight-knit elementary-level community that hosts 400 students (grades 3 through 5), part of SHEPHERD ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so SHEPHERD INT sits 23% smaller than that benchmark.

SHEPHERD INT is one of 4 schools operated by SHEPHERD ISD, a district that hosts 1,968 students overall.

Looking at the student body, SHEPHERD INT shows that the most-represented group is White (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 42% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Black. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 73%.

On the income-and-resources front, SHEPHERD INT shows 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.3:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Around 81% 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 north of San Jacinto County's rate of about 72%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SHEPHERD INT sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 38.6%; this one delivers 30.5%.

In the surrounding community, census data for San Jacinto County shows median household earnings sit near $65,364, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. SHEPHERD INT is one of 8 public schools in San Jacinto County (combined enrollment of about 3,553 students).

SHEPHERD MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SHEPHERD INT at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 33.8%.

SHEPHERD INT operates from a rural location.

Five-year trend. SHEPHERD INT's enrollment has contracted 18% since 2018, when it stood at 485 (now 400). Hispanic enrollment moved from 33% to 42% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 18.3:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 today.

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