Ira School

Size

Ira School is the only school in Ira ISD, so its 284 students are the district's whole enrollment. The 8 nearest schools are a median 31.4 miles away and have a median of 241 students, so Ira School is close to their typical size.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.

Grades

Its largest grade is grade 8 with 26 students, and its smallest is pre-K with 15, against an average of 20 per grade. This year grade 12 has 11% fewer students than kindergarten (17 against 19). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate. It also enrolls 15 children in pre-K.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

White students are the largest group, at 72.5% of enrollment, a higher share than across Texas public schools (24.4%). Hispanic students are next, at 26.4%.

23.6% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch and a median of 61.6% for Texas schools. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. State shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

Ira School has 24.12 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 11.8 students per teacher. At the median Texas school ratio of 11, a school with 284 students would have about 25.8 teachers, so Ira School has 1.7 fewer.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas schools (11).

Location

NCES classifies its location as rural, distant, which means it is in rural territory 5 to 25 miles from an urbanized area, or 2.5 to 10 miles from a town. The nearest other school is Hermleigh School, 15.1 miles away in Hermleigh ISD. No other school is within 10 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.