Tierra Blanca Early Childhood Center

Families in HEREFORD, Texas, are served by Tierra Blanca Early Childhood Center, a small elementary school. It teaches 286 students in pre-K. By comparison, elementary schools in Texas enroll about 519 students on average.

HEREFORD ISD, which runs Tierra Blanca Early Childhood Center, has 8 schools and 3,964 students.

Tierra Blanca Early Childhood Center is 94% Hispanic by enrollment. Next come 5% White. That compares with about 76% Hispanic among all Deaf Smith County residents. The diversity index for Tierra Blanca Early Childhood Center is 11%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.

There are 15 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 19.1:1. The gap from the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is 4.0 students per teacher. On the income side, 98% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Deaf Smith County is 80%.

In the wider Deaf Smith County area, median household income comes to about $60,799, 11% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 14% of people live in poverty. Deaf Smith County's 9 public schools enroll about 4,110 students and include Tierra Blanca Early Childhood Center.

The closest school to Tierra Blanca Early Childhood Center is Hereford High School, located about 1.5 miles away. There are 7 more public schools inside five miles.

Tierra Blanca Early Childhood Center is coded as Town: Distant in federal locale data.

From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose from 219 to 286, a 31% gain. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 13.7:1 to 19.1:1.

The allk12 page for Tierra Blanca Early Childhood Center lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.