West Central Elementary School

West Central Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school serving families in HEREFORD, Texas. Its grade span covers kindergarten through 5, with 331 students on the rolls. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average enrollment is about 519.

District-wide, HEREFORD ISD has 8 schools and 3,964 students.

The share of students at West Central Elementary School who are Hispanic is 93%. Other students are 6% White. By comparison, Deaf Smith County residents are about 76% Hispanic. A diversity index of 13% means there is a 13% chance two randomly chosen students at West Central Elementary School are from different groups.

There are about 15.1 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at West Central Elementary School, which has 22. The 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is close to this figure. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at West Central Elementary School is about 81%. The figure for public schools in Deaf Smith County is close, at 80%.

West Central Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate across its state test results (32.4%) and its predicted rate (39.0%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools.

Census data for Deaf Smith County show median household income comes to about $60,799, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 11%, and about 14% of people live in poverty. There are 9 public schools in the county, enrolling about 4,110, West Central Elementary School among them.

Northwest Elementary School is about 0.8 miles from West Central Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, 7 other public schools are within five miles. West Central Elementary School places 6th of 8 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.

West Central Elementary School falls in the Town: Distant locale category, used for schools in a town some distance from an urbanized area.

West Central Elementary School reported 223 students in 2017-18 and 331 in 2024-25. Changes that large sometimes follow a school adding or dropping grades, so the two figures may not cover the same grades. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 15.1:1, from 13.8:1.

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