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Ore City Independent School District, Texas, elections

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Ore City Independent School District
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District details
School board members: 7
Students: 807 (2023-2024)
Schools: 3 (2023-2024)
Website: Link

Ore City Independent School District is a school district in Texas (Harrison, Marion, and Upshur counties). During the 2024 school year, 807 students attended one of the district's three schools.

This page provides information regarding school board members, election rules, finances, academics, policies, and more details about the district.

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Elections

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About the district

School board

The Ore City Independent School District consists of seven members serving three-year terms. To find information about school board meetings, click here.

List of school board members
NameYear assumed officeYear term ends
Chris Barton2027
Bobby Clawson2027
Matthew Pearson2027
Elizabeth Edwards20242027
Tracy Berryman2025
Bobby Byrd2025
Virginia Harris2025

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Overlapping state house districts

Ore City Independent School District
Office NameCurrent OfficeholderParty% School District Covered% Other District Covered
Texas House of Representatives District 5Cole HefnerRepublican Party 88% 2%
Texas House of Representatives District 7Jay DeanRepublican Party 12% < 1%

The table was limited to the lower chamber because it provides the most granularity. State house districts tend to be more numerous and therefore smaller than state senate or U.S. House districts. This provides an impression of the partisan affiliations in the area.

Budget

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[1]

Revenue, 2021-2022
SOURCE AMOUNT AMOUNT PER STUDENT PERCENT
Federal: $2,494,000 $2,897 17%
Local: $2,471,000 $2,870 17%
State: $9,562,000 $11,106 66%
Total: $14,527,000 $16,872
Expenditures, 2021-2022
TYPE AMOUNT AMOUNT PER STUDENT PERCENT
Total Expenditures: $12,987,000 $15,083
Total Current Expenditures: $12,236,000 $14,211
Instructional Expenditures: $7,069,000 $8,210 54%
Student and Staff Support: $829,000 $962 6%
Administration: $1,878,000 $2,181 14%
Operations, Food Service, Other: $2,460,000 $2,857 19%
Total Capital Outlay: $387,000 $449
Construction: $130,000 $150
Total Non El-Sec Education & Other: $0 $0
Interest on Debt: $283,000 $328

Academic performance

Each year, state and local education agencies use tests and other standards to assess student proficiency. Although the data below was published by the U.S. Department of Education, proficiency measurements are established by the states. As a result, proficiency levels are not comparable between different states and year-over-year proficiency levels within a district may not be comparable because states may change their proficiency measurements. To protect student privacy, percentages are reported as ranges for groups of 300 students or fewer. If five or fewer students were included in a data set, the data will display as "PS."[2]

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2020-2021 29 PS <50 30-34 PS 21-39 27
2018-2019 42 PS 21-39 45-49 PS 40-49 41
2017-2018 41 PS 21-39 40-44 PS 40-59 42
2016-2017 68 PS 40-59 60-64 PS >=50 70
2015-2016 69 PS 50-59 65-69 PS >=50 70
2014-2015 69 PS 50-59 70-74 PS >=50 70
2013-2014 77 PS 60-69 70-79 PS >=50 78
2012-2013 79 PS 70-79 85-89 PS >=50 78
2011-2012 87 80-89 80-89 PS PS 87
2010-2011 86 PS 80-89 80-89 PS 86

The following table shows the percentage of district students who scored at or above the proficiency level each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2020-2021 33 PS >=50 30-34 PS 21-39 33
2018-2019 41 PS 21-39 40-44 PS 30-39 41
2017-2018 41 PS 40-59 40-44 PS 40-59 40
2016-2017 70 PS 80-89 60-64 PS >=50 72
2015-2016 70 PS 50-59 65-69 PS >=50 71
2014-2015 76 PS 70-79 75-79 PS >=50 74
2013-2014 76 PS 60-69 70-74 PS >=50 78
2012-2013 83 PS 70-79 75-79 PS >=50 85
2011-2012 91 80-89 >=90 PS PS 91
2010-2011 89 PS >=90 80-89 PS 90

The following table shows the graduation rate of district students each school year:

School year All (%) Asian/Pacific Islander (%) Black (%) Hispanic (%) Native American (%) Two or More Races (%) White (%)
2018-2019 90-94 >=50 >=50 PS PS >=90
2017-2018 >=90 >=50 PS PS PS >=90
2016-2017 >=90 >=50 PS PS 80-89
2015-2016 >=90 PS PS PS >=90
2014-2015 >=90 PS PS PS PS PS >=90
2013-2014 >=90 PS PS PS >=90
2012-2013 >=90 PS PS PS >=90
2011-2012 >=90 PS >=50 >=90
2010-2011 >=95 >=50 PS PS >=90

Students

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[3]

Year Enrollment Year-to-year change (%)
2023-2024 807 -2.2
2022-2023 825 -4.4
2021-2022 861 -7.8
2020-2021 928 -5.2
2019-2020 976 2.0
2018-2019 956 1.8
2017-2018 939 6.3
2016-2017 880 0.1
2015-2016 879 1.1
2014-2015 869 3.0
2013-2014 843 -0.5
2012-2013 847 -6.6
2011-2012 903 3.4
2010-2011 872 0.5
2009-2010 868 0.5
2008-2009 864 -6.6
2007-2008 921 5.6
2006-2007 869 -0.1
2005-2006 870 0.9
2004-2005 862 5.1
2003-2004 818 -4.4
2002-2003 854 1.1
2001-2002 845 2.4
2000-2001 825 -3.0
1999-2000 850 0.0
Racial Demographics, 2023-2024
RACE Ore City Independent School District (%) Texas K-12 STUDENTS (%)
American Indian/Alaska Native 0.3 0.3
Asian or Asian/Pacific Islander 0.4 5.4
Black 4.3 12.8
Hispanic 25.5 53.2
Native Hawaiian/Pacific Islander 0.0 0.2
Two or More Races 6.0 3.1
White 63.6 25.0

Note: Percentages for race and ethnicity may add up to more than 100 percent because respondents may report more than one race and the Hispanic/Latino ethnicity may be selected in conjunction with any race. Read more about race and ethnicity in the census here.

Staff

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[4]

As of the 2023-2024 school year, Ore City Independent School District had 76.57 full-time classroom teachers. The student-teacher ratio was 10.54.

Teachers, 2023-2024 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF TEACHERS
Prekindergarten: 2.92
Kindergarten: 2.92
Elementary: 24.04
Secondary: 39.17
Total: 76.57

Ore City Independent School District employed 2.00 district administrators and 5.31 school administrators as of the 2023-2024 school year.

Administrators, 2023-2024 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF ADMINISTRATORS
District Administrators: 2.00
District Administrative Support: 5.00
School Administrators: 5.31
School Administrative Support: 5.80
Other staff, 2023-2024 school year
TYPE NUMBER OF OTHER STAFF
Instructional Aides: 22.41
Instruc. Coordinators & Supervisors: 2.00
Total Guidance Counselors: 2.00
Elementary Guidance Counselors: 0.00
Secondary Guidance Counselors: 0.00
Librarians/Media Specialists: 0.00
Library/Media Support: 0.00
Student Support Services: 4.45
Other Support Services: 40.02

Schools

The following statistics were published by the National Center for Education Statistics, which is a part of the U.S. Department of Education.[5]

The Ore City Independent School District operates three schools. They are listed below in alphabetical order.
List of schools
SCHOOL NAMENUMBER OF STUDENTSGRADES
Ore City El395PK-5
Ore City H S2319-12
Ore City Middle1816-8


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See also

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    • Footnotes

    1. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed October 6, 2025
    2. ↑ U.S. Department of Education, Washington, DC: EDFacts, "State Assessments in Reading/Language Arts and Mathematics- School Year 2018-19 EDFacts Data Documentation," accessed February 25, 2021
    3. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed October 6, 2025
    4. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed October 6, 2025
    5. ↑ National Center for Education Statistics, "Elementary/Secondary Information System," accessed October 6, 2025
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