Other / mixed grade configuration · Lefors, TX

Lefors School

Federal NCES profile for Lefors School, including enrollment, faculty, free-lunch eligibility, demographics, and resource indicators - Resource Investment Index 63/100.

2024-25 NCES dataOther / mixed grade configurationNCES 482709003047
0/100100/10063/100
👥 S:T ratio
62
🌟 Gifted program
70
📋 Attendance
58
Scored 0–100 from federal NCES and CRDC indicators, resource allocation, not test scores. Full methodology →

The verdict

Lefors School earns 63/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 91% of Texas schools.

63
Resource Index · Higher
9.6:1
small classes for Texas
56.7%
free-lunch eligible
173
students enrolled

Lefors School has class sizes smaller than 91% of Texas schools. Computed live against every Texas school reporting to NCES.

School address

Enrollment

173

Texas · 2024-25 NCES data

Teachers (FTE)

18.0

Federal CCD staff survey

Students per teacher

9.6:1

vs 14.7:1 Texas avg

-35% vs state

Free-lunch eligible

56.7%

vs 61.9% Texas avg

-8% vs state

Student-teacher ratio in context

How Lefors School compares with Texas and U.S. medians

Smaller classes than state median
0:135:19.6:1

Source: NCES Common Core of Data As of 2024-25 federal staff survey Total enrollment ÷ full-time-equivalent classroom teachers

What stands out at Lefors School

Lefors School is a higher-need, small combined-grade school in Lefors, Texas, enrolling 173 students.

Classes run notably small here: at 9.6:1, Lefors School is leaner than roughly 91% of Texas schools and 35% under the state's 14.7:1 norm, more adult attention per pupil than most peers.

Economic need runs somewhat below the state's typical profile, with 56.7% of students eligible for free meals.

Enrollment of 173 puts it in the smaller third of Texas schools by headcount.

Its Resource Investment Index outscores 95% of the 8,960 Texas schools with a score on record, a top-tier result on this measure.

Against 458 statewide peers matched on enrollment and economic need, it ranks in the upper tier at #103.

Its student body is led by White (80%) and Hispanic or Latino (16%) (diversity index 34/100).

16.8% of students were chronically absent in the 2021-22 collection, in line with the post-pandemic national range.

Lefors Isd operates only this one school, so Lefors 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 Lefors School compares

Lefors 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 9.6:1 ▼ 35% 14.7:1 15.7:1
Free-lunch eligible 56.7% ▼ 8% 61.9% 51.7%
Enrollment 173 top 86% - -

Source: NCES Common Core of Data School-level CCD + state/national means from Public School Universe · 2024-25

9.6:1
Leaner classes than 91% of US schools, among the more generously staffed nationally.
173
Bigger than 17% of US schools by enrollment, a small campus.

Equity indicators (what these measure)

Economic need
56.7%
free-lunch eligible - 8% below the Texas average of 61.9%
Above the 40% Title I schoolwide threshold; federal funds support the whole school, not individual students.
Staffing depth
9.6:1
students per teacher - 35% below state mean
Top 9% in Texas - lower ratio than 91% of state schools
Well under the widely cited 15:1 individualized-attention benchmark, among the leaner class loads nationally.
Engagement
16.8%
chronically absent (missed 10%+ of school days)
In the 15-20% range, nearing the "high" absenteeism threshold.
Funding equity
$14,864
per pupil, district-wide - above Texas avg of $13,644
Somewhat below the U.S. average per-pupil spend; funding constraints may affect programs, facilities, and staffing.
Support staff
Counselors0.0 FTE
Student-support staffing from the Civil Rights Data Collection.
Discipline context
5
in-school suspensions + 0 out-of-school
Suspension rate: 2.9 per 100 students. Combined in-school and out-of-school rate: 2.9 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 79.8%
Hispanic or Latino 16.2%
Two or More 2.3%
Asian 1.7%

Largest group: White at 79.8% of enrollment.

Student-body diversity index 33.6/100

Simpson diversity index - at 33.6, Lefors School is less mixed than the Texas school average of 44.7.

Programs

Gifted & talented Yes

Funding & spending

District-wide per-pupil expenditure for Lefors Isd, which includes Lefors School.

$14,864
Per student
+9%
vs Texas
Avg $13,644
-10%
vs U.S.
Avg $16,593
Revenue mix
Local 36.4%
State 50.2%
Federal 13.4%

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.

Next steps

Verify locally before acting on Lefors School's federal record.

Federal record (CCD 2024-25, CRDC 2021-22) - PlainSchools assigns no subjective rating; the composite quality score is a transparent, reproducible index computed from this cited federal data.

Frequently asked questions about Lefors School

How many students attend Lefors School?

Lefors School has 173 students enrolled. It is a public school in Lefors, TX.

What is the student-teacher ratio at Lefors School?

The student-teacher ratio at Lefors School is 9.6:1, which is 35% lower than the Texas average of 14.7:1 and 39% 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 Lefors School?

56.7% of students at Lefors School are eligible for free lunch, compared to the Texas average of 61.9%.

What is the racial and ethnic makeup of Lefors School?

The largest demographic group at Lefors School is White at 79.8% of enrollment, in Lefors, TX.

What is the Resource Investment Index for Lefors School?

Lefors School has a Resource Investment Index of 63/100 (higher reported resources relative to schools nationally) based on 3 factors: student-teacher ratio, attendance rates. Not a test-score or academic measure (national median ~41/100, see methodology).

Is Lefors School a good school?

Lefors School earns 63/100 on the Resource Investment Index, with class sizes smaller than 91% 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 Lefors Isd?

None reported; Lefors Isd operates only Lefors School as a public school district in NCES's records.

Source: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES) CCD + Public School Universe (2024-25), CRDC (2021-22), F-33 District Finance Survey (FY 2021-22) · 2024-25 Data as of the 2024-25 school year. Coverage from U.S. Department of Education NCES Common Core of Data. Varies by entity type; administrative districts and certain charter networks may report only a subset of fields.

All federal data sources used on this page

Full source list and how we compute each figure: methodology page.

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