Enrollment
241
Texas · 2024-25 NCES data
Other / mixed grade configuration · Lenorah, TX
Grady School
Federal NCES profile for Grady School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 67/100.
2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 482130002131
👥 S:T ratio 54
🌟 Gifted program 70
🎓 Counselors 52
📋 Attendance 93
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →
The verdict
Grady School earns 67/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 81% of Texas schools.
- 67
- Resource Index · Higher
- 11.5:1
- small classes for Texas
- 15.9%
- free-lunch eligible
- 241
- students enrolled
Grady School has class sizes smaller than 81% of Texas schools. Computed live against every Texas school reporting to NCES.
School address
Teachers (FTE)
21.0
Federal CCD staff survey
Students per teacher
11.5:1
vs 14.7:1 Texas avg
-22% vs state
Free-lunch eligible
15.9%
vs 61.9% Texas avg
-74% vs state
Student-teacher ratio in context
How Grady School compares with Texas and U.S. medians
What stands out at Grady School
Grady School is a lower-poverty, mid-sized combined-grade school in Lenorah, Texas, enrolling 241 students.
Class sizes run a bit leaner than typical: 11.5:1 puts it in the smaller third of Texas schools by student-teacher ratio.
Comparatively few students face economic hardship here, 15.9% free-meal eligibility runs 74% below the Texas average.
Enrollment of 241 puts it in the smaller third of Texas schools by headcount.
Its Resource Investment Index outscores 97% of the 8,960 Texas schools with a score on record, a top-tier result on this measure.
Among 109 similarly sized, similarly resourced-need Texas schools statewide, it ranks #12, a top-tier result once campus size and economic need are matched.
Its student body is led by White (67%) and Hispanic or Latino (32%) (diversity index 44/100).
Counselor coverage is strong, about 241 students per counselor, inside the American School Counselor Association's recommended 250:1.
Attendance holds up well here: only 2.9% of students were chronically absent, below the typical post-pandemic national figure.
The surrounding Grady Isd spends $20,831 per pupil, 53% above the Texas average, a better-resourced district than most.
Grady Isd operates only this one school, so Grady School has no district-mates to compare against locally.
Sourced from NCES CCD, CRDC, and F-33 (federal records, not a quality verdict). How we source and compute this.
Source: National Center for Education Statistics Common Core of Data + CRDC + F-33 · 2024-25
How Grady School compares
Grady School on the metrics families compare, against Texas and U.S. means.
| Metric | This school | vs Texas | Texas avg | U.S. avg |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Students per teacher | 11.5:1 | ▼ 22% | 14.7:1 | 15.7:1 |
| Free-lunch eligible | 15.9% | ▼ 74% | 61.9% | 51.7% |
| Enrollment | 241 | top 81% | - | - |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25
11.5:1
Leaner classes than 79% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
241
Bigger than 24% of US schools by enrollment, mid-sized for the country.
Equity indicators (what these measure)
Economic need
15.9%
free-lunch eligible
- 74% below the Texas average of 61.9%
Below the 40% Title I threshold, among the lower-need profiles in the state; federal aid targets individual qualifying students rather than schoolwide programs.
Staffing depth
11.5:1
students per teacher
- 22% below state mean
Top 19% in Texas - lower ratio than 81% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
2.9%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
Below 5%, comfortably under the pre-pandemic national baseline for chronic absenteeism.
Funding equity
$20,831
per pupil, district-wide
- above Texas avg of $13,644
Well above the U.S. public-school average, reflecting substantially higher local or state investment per enrolled student.
Support staff
Counselors1.0 FTE
Per 241 students, the combined health-and-guidance staffing load for this school.
Discipline context
1
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 0.4 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 0.4 per 100 students. Reported via the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Overview
- Common Core of Data (June 2026): enrollment, staffing, and the student-teacher ratio above.
- Civil Rights Data Collection: discipline counts and program access (AP, gifted, special education).
- F-33 School District Finance Survey: the district-wide per-pupil spending figures below.
Three separate federal collections, each on its own reporting cadence - which is why this school's numbers line up on a consistent basis against every other school and state on this site, rather than mixing figures pulled from different survey years.
Student demographics
White 67.2%
Hispanic or Latino 32.4%
Two or More 0.4%
Largest group: White at 67.2% of enrollment.
Student-body diversity index 44.3/100
Simpson diversity index - at 44.3, Grady School is about as mixed as the Texas school average of 44.7.
Programs
Gifted & talented Yes
Funding & spending
District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Grady Isd, which includes Grady School.
$20,831
Per student
+53%
vs Texas
Avg $13,644
+26%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 93.6%
State 1.6%
Federal 4.8%
Source: NCES F-33 School District Finance Survey District-level finance · FY 2021-22 Per-pupil expenditure reflects the district-wide average. Individual school budgets are not reported at the federal level.
Similar other schools statewide
Matched by enrollment size and by staffing ratio across all of Texas, not just this city - a different peer set than the local comparisons above.
Similar enrollment (~241 students)
Similar student-teacher ratio (~11.5:1)
Next steps
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Frequently asked questions about Grady School
How many students attend Grady School?
Grady School has 241 students enrolled. It is a public school in Lenorah, TX.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Grady School?
The student-teacher ratio at Grady School is 11.5:1, which is 22% lower than the Texas average of 14.7:1 and 27% lower than the national average of 15.7:1. Lower ratios generally mean more individual attention per student.
What percentage of students receive free lunch at Grady School?
15.9% of students at Grady School are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Texas average of 61.9%.
What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Grady School?
The largest demographic group at Grady School is White at 67.2% of enrollment, in Lenorah, TX.
What is the Resource Investment Index for Grady School?
Grady School has a Resource Investment Index of 67/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 4 factors: student-teacher ratio, counselor availability, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).
Is Grady School a good school?
Grady School earns 67/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 81% of Texas schools. This is a resource snapshot, not an academic rating; see the Resource Investment Index question above for what the number does and doesn't measure.
What other schools are in Grady Isd?
None reported; Grady Isd operates only Grady School as a public school district in NCES's records.
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