Tierra Blanca Early Childhood Center

Size

Tierra Blanca Early Childhood Center is the only school in Hereford ISD. Its 286 students are 7.2% of the district's 3,964. Its 8 closest schools sit a median 152.7 miles away with a median enrollment of 180; Tierra Blanca Early Childhood Center is larger than most of them.

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

Tierra Blanca Early Childhood Center serves a single grade, pre-K, with 286 students.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.

Students

The largest group is Hispanic students: 94.1% here and 92.1% across Hereford ISD. Students from 4 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

97.9% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 80.5% across Hereford ISD and a median of 85.7% for Texas schools. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.

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

Teachers

With 15 full-time-equivalent teachers for 286 students, Tierra Blanca Early Childhood Center has 19.1 students per teacher. At the median Texas school ratio of 17, a school with 286 students would have about 16.8 teachers, so Tierra Blanca Early Childhood Center has 1.8 fewer.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas schools (17).

Location

Tierra Blanca Early Childhood Center is in a town 10 to 35 miles from an urbanized area, which NCES calls town, distant. The nearest other school is Early Learning Academy, 88.6 miles away in Plemons-Stinnett-Phillips CISD. No other school is within 10 miles.

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