WELLMAN-UNION SCHOOL

Located at 501 TERRY AVE, in WELLMAN, Texas, WELLMAN-UNION SCHOOL is a small K-12 campus that enrolls 248 students (grades pre-K through 12), run under WELLMAN-UNION CISD. That puts it 49% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 485 students.

WELLMAN-UNION SCHOOL sits inside WELLMAN-UNION CISD, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

In terms of who attends, WELLMAN-UNION SCHOOL records that White students make up the majority at 60%; the rest looks like 38% Hispanic. By comparison, Terry County as a whole is about 47% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, WELLMAN-UNION SCHOOL records 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.1:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 49% of students at WELLMAN-UNION SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Terry County (around 80%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, WELLMAN-UNION SCHOOL is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 52.4%; WELLMAN-UNION SCHOOL posts 38.1%, -14.3 points below that line.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Terry County) shows that median household earnings sit near $44,100, about 10% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. In all, Terry County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,086 students), of which WELLMAN-UNION SCHOOL is one.

Nearest neighbor: LOOP SCHOOL, around 9.5 miles off. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WELLMAN-UNION SCHOOL at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 35.6%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Over the past 7-year window. WELLMAN-UNION SCHOOL's enrollment has fell 21% since 2018, when it stood at 313 (now 248). The White share of enrollment rose from 56% to 60% over that span. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.9:1 in 2018 to 11.1:1 in 2025.

Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the WELLMAN-UNION SCHOOL community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.