STERLING CITY SCHOOL

Located at 700 7TH ST, in STERLING CITY, Texas, STERLING CITY SCHOOL is a cozy multi-level school that instructs 335 students (grades pre-K through 12), overseen by STERLING CITY ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 485 students each, so STERLING CITY SCHOOL sits 31% below that benchmark.

STERLING CITY SCHOOL is one of 5 schools operated by STERLING CITY ISD, a district that enrolls 355 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, STERLING CITY SCHOOL lists that 50% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 48% Hispanic. By comparison, Sterling County as a whole is about 73% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, STERLING CITY SCHOOL has 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.3:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 46% of students at STERLING CITY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, STERLING CITY SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.9%, the actual is 55.4%, a residual of +1.5 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Sterling County put the typical household earns roughly $64,954 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 1% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Sterling County's 2 public schools (combined enrollment of about 335 students), STERLING CITY SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: SAN ANGELO STATE SCHOOL, around 19.8 miles off.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at STERLING CITY SCHOOL has rose 11%, going from 302 students in 2018 to 335 in 2025. Class-load math has rose: from 11.2:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 in 2025.

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