Ore City Isd, TX - District Data

Original Research by School Decision on Ore City Isd

Ore City ISD serves a small district in Upshur County, with enrollment spread across three schools: an elementary building, a middle school, and a high school. The student body is predominantly white, with a meaningful Hispanic enrollment and smaller populations of Black students and students of two or more races. The district's enrollment is stable, ranging from about forty students in the earliest grades to roughly sixty in high school.

Academic performance across the district shows particular strain in mathematics. In the tested grade levels, math proficiency runs well below half, with results in the lower elementary grades especially weak, climbing slightly in middle grades but remaining substantially below proficiency for most students. In English language arts, performance is more mixed. Reading proficiency is strong in eighth grade and reasonably solid through middle school, but stumbles in the early elementary years, suggesting that foundational reading may be an area needing attention. Science results are similarly uneven: students approach or meet the standard at a fair rate in the aggregate, but the portion achieving mastery is notably lower. In social studies, eighth-grade proficiency is quite low, with fewer than one in five students meeting the standard.

Within Upshur County's six districts, Ore City's overall proficiency sits in the bottom quartile, well below the county median. The district's chronic absenteeism rate sits below the county midpoint, suggesting attendance is not a primary driver of the academic gaps. Per-pupil spending is in the upper range among county peers, indicating that resource availability is not the binding constraint.

The housing market in the district's service area centers around Ore City and nearby communities. Home values are modest, roughly in line with or slightly below the state benchmark. The local economy shows a moderate unemployment rate, and median household income falls modestly below the national figure. Mortgage affordability is reasonable given current rates, though the price-to-income ratio sits slightly above the national benchmark, suggesting housing is moderately accessible but not unusually affordable.

The district did not report a graduation rate. The search for recent strategic priorities or parent-facing changes to district operations did not yield sustained findings, so the specific direction of ongoing improvement efforts is unclear from available sources. A parent considering this district may want to look directly into the schools' literacy instruction in early grades and the approaches being used to address the math gaps, which appear to be structural across multiple grades.

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District Context

Officially reported figures, 2024-25.

Enrollment

807

Grades

PK–12

Schools

Student body

Hispanic 26%

Black 4%

White 64%

Asian 0%

Two+ 6%

Am. Indian / AK Native 0%

By economic status

Percent proficient by grade, as reported

Economically disadvantaged

Not disadvantaged

ELA

Gr 3

39%

27%

Gr 4

32%

33%

Gr 5

49%

47%

Gr 6

53%

56%

Gr 7

37%

79%

Gr 8

62%

72%

Math

Gr 3

26%

23%

Gr 4

24%

17%

Gr 5

32%

30%

Gr 6

44%

30%

Gr 7

21%

Gr 8

41%

50%

Science

Gr 5

27%

40%

Gr 8

39%

35%

Social studies

Gr 8

19%

16%

all_subjects_approaches

Gr ALL

33%

—

all_subjects_masters

Gr ALL

—

all_subjects_meets

Gr ALL

17%

—

ela_approaches

Gr ALL

26%

—

ela_masters

Gr ALL

—

ela_meets

Gr ALL

15%

—

math_approaches

Gr ALL

33%

—

math_masters

Gr ALL

—

math_meets

Gr ALL

15%

—

science_approaches

Gr ALL

53%

—

science_masters

Gr ALL

20%

—

science_meets

Gr ALL

40%

—

social_studies_approaches

Gr ALL

46%

—

social_studies_masters

Gr ALL

—

social_studies_meets

Gr ALL

20%

—

Schools in this District

3 schools are officially reported under this district.

ORE CITY EL

ORE CITY H S

ORE CITY MIDDLE

Academic Performance

Percent of students meeting or exceeding state standards, by grade.

Mathematics

6 grades reported

26%

Grade 3

22%

Grade 4

31%

Grade 5

37%

Grade 6

18%

Grade 7

45%

Grade 8

English Language Arts

6 grades reported

33%

Grade 3

33%

Grade 4

48%

Grade 5

52%

Grade 6

50%

Grade 7

67%

Grade 8

Science

2 grades reported

32%

Grade 5

37%

Grade 8

Social Studies

1 grade reported

18%

Grade 8

Housing & Real Estate

Data as of April 2026 | District-weighted from constituent ZIP codes

Home Values

Typical home value$183,856

Year-over-year change-2.3%

Range across 4 ZIP codes$160K to $284K

vs. state typical0.61x

vs. national typical0.50x

Home value trend (12 months)

ZIP code home values (4 ZIP codes)

ZIP	City	Value	YoY	Weight
75683	Ore City	$160K	-2.5%	77.4%
75640	Diana	$284K	-1.2%	10.5%
75645		$273K	-0.7%	6.5%
75644		$217K	-3.0%	5.6%

Affordability

Est. monthly mortgage (20% down at 6.48%)$928/mo

Home price / national median income2.2x

Comparison

State typical home value$302,187 (-2.0% YoY)

National typical home value$368,198 (+0.6% YoY)

State ZHVI trend (12 months)

National ZHVI trend (12 months)

Economic Context

30-year fixed mortgage rate6.48%

National unemployment rate4.3%

National median household income$83,730

CPI: Rent of shelter (index)447.05

30-year fixed mortgage rate (12 months)

National unemployment rate (12 months)

National median household income (12 months)

CPI: Rent of shelter (index) (12 months)

Sources: Zillow Home Value Index and Zillow Observed Rent Index (Zillow Group), Realtor.com via Federal Reserve Bank of St. Louis (FRED)

Data Currently Unavailable

Civil Rights Data (CRDC)

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