STORY INT

As a mid-tier junior high in PALESTINE, Texas, STORY INT educates 670 students from grades 4 through 6, part of PALESTINE ISD.

PALESTINE ISD comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 3,186 students; STORY INT is among them.

Demographically, STORY INT shows that 44% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest breaks down as 26% White, 24% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Anderson County as a whole is about 20% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 14.4:1 average. An estimated 81% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Anderson County (around 68%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.

After controlling for student poverty, STORY INT performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 38.5%, the actual is 37.3%, a residual of -1.2 points.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Anderson County indicate median household income runs about $62,068, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. STORY INT is one of 26 public schools in Anderson County (combined enrollment of about 8,071 students).

Nearest neighbor: NORTHSIDE PRI, around 1.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 7 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), STORY INT ranks 5th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 42.1%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 12%: 761 students in 2018 compared to 670 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 16.3:1 today.

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