SILVERTON SCHOOL

SILVERTON SCHOOL is one of the small unified-grade schools in SILVERTON, Texas, run under SILVERTON ISD, with 204 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 12. That puts it 58% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 485 students.

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

Looking at the student body, SILVERTON SCHOOL lists that White students make up the majority at 60%. Beyond that, the school lists 39% Hispanic. By comparison, Briscoe County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, SILVERTON SCHOOL lists 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.8:1. The state averages around 11.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 50% of students at SILVERTON SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, SILVERTON SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.1%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Briscoe County indicate the typical household earns roughly $45,417 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Briscoe County runs 2 public schools (combined enrollment of about 384 students), of which SILVERTON SCHOOL is one.

The closest other public school is VALLEY SCHOOL, roughly 19.7 miles away. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SILVERTON SCHOOL ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 32.4%.

SILVERTON SCHOOL operates from an outlying location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SILVERTON SCHOOL has held roughly steady, going from 207 students in 2018 to 204 in 2025. The White share of enrollment grew from 52% to 60% over that span.

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