Enrollment
209
Combined
STATE 485
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SULPHUR BLUFF ISD·NCES 484179004763
SULPHUR BLUFF ISD
1027 CR 3550, SULPHUR BLUFF, TX 75481 · (903) 945-2460 · Hopkins County
GRADES PK–12COMBINED43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL209 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
21 FTE teachers
STATE 11.7:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
116 students
STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other combined schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
62.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +12.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
36.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +36.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 12 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 36 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
45.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 50% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
209
-9 (-4%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.1:1
was 11.2:1
% White
78%
was 81%
% Hispanic
17%
was 11%
% Black
2%
was 3%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About SULPHUR BLUFF ISD
SULPHUR BLUFF ISD operates as a close-knit K-12 campus in SULPHUR BLUFF, Texas, one of the schools within SULPHUR BLUFF ISD. Current enrollment sits at 209 students spanning grades pre-K through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 485 students each, so SULPHUR BLUFF ISD sits 57% leaner than that benchmark.
SULPHUR BLUFF ISD sits inside SULPHUR BLUFF ISD, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.
On the student-mix side, SULPHUR BLUFF ISD logs that White students make up the majority at 78%. The remainder consists of 17% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the resource side, The school employs 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.7:1 average. An estimated 56% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SULPHUR BLUFF ISD sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.6%; this one delivers 45.0%.
In the broader community, community-level numbers for Hopkins County indicate median household income runs about $70,888, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Hopkins County's 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,733 students), SULPHUR BLUFF ISD is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is SALTILLO SCHOOL, roughly 10.8 miles away. On composite proficiency, SULPHUR BLUFF ISD comes 8th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 55.1%.
Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SULPHUR BLUFF ISD has decreased 4%, going from 218 students in 2018 to 209 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 11% to 17% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 11.2:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 today.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Hopkins County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
37,784
Census ACS
Median income
$70,888
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
6,733 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- SALTILLO SCHOOL10.8 mi · 250
- NORTH HOPKINS H S13.7 mi · 231
- NORTH HOPKINS EL13.7 mi · 264
- DEPORT EL14.1 mi · 154
- MT VERNON EL14.3 mi · 641
- MT VERNON MIDDLE14.3 mi · 456
Frequently asked questions
About SULPHUR BLUFF ISDHow large is SULPHUR BLUFF ISD?
SULPHUR BLUFF ISD enrolls approximately 209 students in grades PK-12.
What grades does SULPHUR BLUFF ISD serve?
SULPHUR BLUFF ISD serves grades PK-12.
How many students per teacher at SULPHUR BLUFF ISD?
Approximately 10.1:1 students per teacher at SULPHUR BLUFF ISD.
What is the student diversity at SULPHUR BLUFF ISD?
Student demographics at SULPHUR BLUFF ISD are roughly 78% White, 17% Hispanic, 2% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is SULPHUR BLUFF ISD in?
SULPHUR BLUFF ISD is part of SULPHUR BLUFF ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.