ALTO H S

As a tiny senior high in ALTO, Texas, ALTO H S teaches 146 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within ALTO ISD. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 82% leaner than typical.

ALTO ISD runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 505 students. ALTO H S is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, ALTO H S shows that 35% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder is composed of 29% Black, 25% White, 8% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 24%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, ALTO H S has 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 7.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 78% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Cherokee County's rate of about 66%.

After controlling for student poverty, ALTO H S is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 39.8%; this one delivers 59.3%, a residual of +19.5 points.

In the area at large, census data for Cherokee County shows median household earnings sit near $61,261, roughly 19% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 15%. Across Cherokee County's 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,948 students), ALTO H S is one campus in the mix.

ALTO MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around ALTO H S. On composite proficiency, ALTO H S comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 45.6%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 27%: 201 students in 2018 compared to 146 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 33% to 25% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 10.1:1 in 2018 to 7.9:1 in 2025.

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