TIMPSON SCHOOL

TIMPSON SCHOOL is a big all-grades campus in TIMPSON, Texas, one of the schools within TIMPSON ISD. The school enrolls 756 students in grades pre-K through 12. That puts it 56% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 485 students.

TIMPSON SCHOOL is a school of TIMPSON ISD, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

On the student-mix side, TIMPSON SCHOOL reports that 60% of the student body identifies as White. The remainder breaks down as 21% Black, 13% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 72 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 11.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 66% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, TIMPSON SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 40.1%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Shelby County indicate median household earnings sit near $49,776, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. Across Shelby County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,174 students), TIMPSON SCHOOL is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: GARRISON H S, around 8.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 5 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts TIMPSON SCHOOL at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 45.0%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at TIMPSON SCHOOL has climbed 21%, going from 627 students in 2018 to 756 in 2025.

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