WHEELER SCHOOL

As a small multi-level school in WHEELER, Texas, WHEELER SCHOOL teaches 372 students from grades pre-K through 12, operated by WHEELER ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 485 students each, so WHEELER SCHOOL sits 23% leaner than that benchmark.

WHEELER SCHOOL sits inside WHEELER ISD, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.

Looking at the student body, WHEELER SCHOOL logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 45% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Wheeler County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, WHEELER SCHOOL logs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 11.7:1 average. Around 61% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WHEELER SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.7%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Wheeler County indicate median household income runs about $60,167, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. WHEELER SCHOOL is one of 6 public schools in Wheeler County (combined enrollment of about 1,229 students).

Nearest neighbor: FORT ELLIOTT SCHOOL, around 9.4 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WHEELER SCHOOL ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 44.4%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 20%: 465 students in 2018 compared to 372 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked down from 59% to 52% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 11.5:1 in 2018 to 9.3:1 today.

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