VALLEY SCHOOL

VALLEY SCHOOL operates as an one-room-style unified-grade school in TURKEY, Texas, operated by TURKEY-QUITAQUE ISD. Current enrollment sits at 180 students spanning grades pre-K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 63% smaller than the state mean of about 485.

VALLEY SCHOOL is a school of TURKEY-QUITAQUE ISD, the district that handles curriculum, staffing, and budget for the campus.

Looking at the student body, VALLEY SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 65%. The remainder consists of 31% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Briscoe County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, VALLEY SCHOOL lists 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 7.3:1. The state averages around 11.7:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 42% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, VALLEY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.4%; this one delivers 55.4%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Briscoe County shows median household income runs about $45,417, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Briscoe County runs 2 public schools (combined enrollment of about 384 students), of which VALLEY SCHOOL is one.

SILVERTON SCHOOL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 19.7 miles from this campus. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), VALLEY SCHOOL ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 38.3%.

VALLEY SCHOOL operates from an outlying location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at VALLEY SCHOOL has fell 10%, going from 201 students in 2018 to 180 in 2025. Class-load math has tightened: from 9.2:1 in 2018 to 7.3:1 in 2025.

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