Can I use Deaf Smith County's school score to choose a house?

No. Use the Deaf Smith County school score as a first-pass county screen, then verify the exact district, attendance boundary, transfer rules, and grade pathway for any address you are considering.

Does SchoolsByCounty confirm school attendance boundaries in Deaf Smith County?

No. SchoolsByCounty publishes NCES and Census-backed public-school records. Attendance zones, magnet eligibility, charter lotteries, transportation, and transfer rules must be confirmed with local districts.

How should parents compare public schools in Deaf Smith County?

Start with the 9 listed public schools and 2 district entries, then compare similar grade bands and confirm the address-level rules locally.

Deaf Smith County Schools & Education

Name: Deaf Smith County, Texas Education Data
Creator: National Center for Education Statistics (NCES)
License: https://creativecommons.org/publicdomain/zero/1.0/

Deaf Smith County, Texas

NCES 2022-23 public school data and FY 2022 school-finance data

School Score

21/100

Percentile-style score

Score Band

Lower Signal

Graduation Rate

85.0%

National avg 87.5%

Education Statistics

Graduation Rate

85.0%

National avg 87.5%

State avg 91.6%

Per-Pupil Spending

$6,113

National avg $13,239

State avg $7,498

School Score

21/100

Percentile-style score

State avg 56/100

State Score Position

#248

of 253 counties by score

Education Data Brief: Deaf Smith County

Measured School Summary

Deaf Smith County faces educational challenges with a school score of 21/100 and a graduation rate of 85.0%, falling below typical benchmarks.

Funding Context

At $6,113 per pupil, Deaf Smith County operates with limited funding, which may constrain staffing, materials, and extracurricular offerings.

Neighbor Context

Its school score is 63% below the Texas average, and its graduation rate trails the state average by 6.6 percentage points, while per-pupil spending is 18% lower than the state norm.

School Data Brief

How to read Deaf Smith County before comparing districts

County-level education data is best used as a screening layer. It summarizes the local school environment, then points you toward the district and school records that matter for local review.

Local context that changes the interpretation

9 public schools and 2 districts are represented below. Use those school and district records to confirm whether the county-level context fits the neighborhoods you are actually considering.

Overall screen

21/100

Lower measured signal. Ranks #248 of 253 Texas counties with school score data.

Completion

85.0%

6.6 pts below the state average

Funding context

$6,113

$1,385 below the state average

School coverage

2 districts represented in the county school list.

Start with measured county context

The county-level signal is lower, so review individual schools and local records before interpreting the score. Compare the score, graduation rate, and spending together rather than treating any single metric as final.

Check the local school mix

Deaf Smith County has 9 public schools across 2 districts, so school-level fit can vary inside the county.

Verify local rules

Use this page as county-level context, then confirm attendance zones, transportation, special programs, and current school boundaries with local districts.

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Parent decision brief

What Deaf Smith County school data means before you move

County averages are useful for screening, but parents choose addresses, grade pathways, and district rules. This brief turns the public data into the checks that matter before you sign a lease or mortgage.

Dominant-district county

HEREFORD ISD carries most of the listed public-school system, with 8 of 9 schools. Start there, then verify whether your target address sits inside that district slice.

State position

#248

of 253 Texas counties with school score data. The county score is 35 points below the state average.

Data confidence

Usable

3 of 5 county signals are present, and 100% of listed schools report enrollment. Compare schools, then verify missing fields locally.

K-12 continuity check

These are the largest visible district slices in the county data. They show whether elementary, middle, and high school records appear together or whether a family needs to investigate transition points.

HEREFORD ISD

Elementary to high school visible

3,952 students

Elementary 4Middle 2High 1Other 1

8 listed schools in this county slice.

WALCOTT ISD

Elementary school only in this slice

148 students

Elementary 1Middle 0High 0Other 0

1 listed school in this county slice.

District reality check

HEREFORD ISD is the largest listed district slice, with 8 schools. County pages do not prove address assignment, so verify boundaries with local district tools.

What the data cannot tell you

NCES records do not confirm current attendance zones, private-school options, transfer approvals, program capacity, transportation, or whether a listed school is available to a specific address.

Questions to ask before choosing an address

Which district actually serves the addresses we are considering in Deaf Smith County?

Do the neighborhoods we like fall inside the same district, or are we comparing different Deaf Smith County district systems?

What changes at the elementary-to-middle and middle-to-high transitions in the district pathway we would likely use?

If we need a program not visible in the NCES flags, which district office can confirm current offerings?

Are the largest listed schools the ones our address can actually attend, or are they only county-level context?

Data Story

Per-Pupil Spending in Deaf Smith County Trails Benchmarks

Education data brief for Deaf Smith County, Texas.

By Evan Brooks, Data EditorPublished Jul 7, 2026Reviewed by Evan Brooks, Data Editor

Lead metric:Per-pupil spending

Public education spending in Deaf Smith County is $6,113 per pupil, a figure that is approximately 18% lower than the Texas state average of $7,498 and less than half of the national average of $13,000. This fiscal metric distinguishes the county, which serves a total of 4,100 students through two school districts. Hereford ISD is the primary provider, enrolling 3,952 students across eight of the county’s nine schools, including Hereford High School with 1,176 students. The county’s graduation rate is 85.0%, which is lower than the state’s 91.6% and the national 87.0% benchmark. Furthermore, the composite school score for the county is 20.5, compared to a state average of 56.3 and a national median of 50.0. Most schools in the county are located in a town locale, with only one school classified as rural. These numbers provide a snapshot of the resources and outcomes recorded by the NCES. Refer to the NCES Common Core of Data for detailed financial and enrollment reports.

Sources

NCES Common Core of Data
U.S. Census Bureau ACS

School Overview

Total Schools

in Deaf Smith County

Reported Enrollment

4,100

9 schools reporting

School Districts

districts

Charter Schools

0% of total

School Level Breakdown

Elementary5

Middle2

High1

Other1

2 School Districts in Deaf Smith County

HEREFORD ISD

WALCOTT ISD

1 school

148 students

9 Public Schools in Deaf Smith County

Sorted by reported enrollment. Dedicated profile pages are available for 1 high-enrollment school; every NCES public school remains listed here.

NCES 2022-23 public school data and FY 2022 school-finance data

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Public schools in Deaf Smith County, including district, location, profile availability, grades, type, and enrollment.
School Name	Profile	District	Location	Grades	Type / Flags	Reported Enrollment
HEREFORD H S	Profile	HEREFORD ISD	HEREFORD, 79045Town: Distant	9–12	High	1,176
HEREFORD J H	Record	HEREFORD ISD	HEREFORD, 79045Town: Distant	6–7	Middle	599
NORTHWEST EL	Record	HEREFORD ISD	HEREFORD, 79045Town: Distant	KG–5	Primary	456
BLUEBONNET EL	Record	HEREFORD ISD	HEREFORD, 79045Town: Distant	KG–5	Primary	404
AIKMAN EL	Record	HEREFORD ISD	HEREFORD, 79045Town: Distant	KG–5	Primary	378
WEST CENTRAL EL	Record	HEREFORD ISD	HEREFORD, 79045Town: Distant	KG–5	Primary	361
HEREFORD PREPARATORY ACADEMY	Record	HEREFORD ISD	HEREFORD, 79045Town: Distant	8	Middle	299
TIERRA BLANCA EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER	Record	HEREFORD ISD	HEREFORD, 79045Town: Distant	PK	Other	279
WALCOTT EL	Record	WALCOTT ISD	HEREFORD, 79045Rural: Remote	PK–6	Primary	148

HEREFORD H S

HEREFORD ISD