THORNDALE H S

THORNDALE H S is one of the one-room-style secondary schools in THORNDALE, Texas, run under THORNDALE ISD, with 209 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 74% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

THORNDALE ISD comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 637 students; THORNDALE H S is among them.

Demographically, THORNDALE H S shows that the largest single group is White, at 69% of enrollment. Other groups include 30% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting THORNDALE H S tighter than the state norm the norm. About 37% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is below Milam County's rate of about 62%.

After controlling for student poverty, THORNDALE H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.6%; this one delivers 66.0%.

In the area at large, census data for Milam County shows the typical household earns roughly $66,141 per year, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Milam County runs 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,337 students), of which THORNDALE H S is one.

Nearest neighbor: THORNDALE MIDDLE, around 0.0 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), THORNDALE H S ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 52.5%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 212 students in 2018 compared to 209 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 19% to 30% over that span.

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