ALVARADO H S

As a medium-sized four-year high school in ALVARADO, Texas, ALVARADO H S instructs 1,163 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by ALVARADO ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so ALVARADO H S sits 46% larger than that benchmark.

ALVARADO ISD runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 3,788 students. ALVARADO H S is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, ALVARADO H S shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 42% White, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, ALVARADO H S has 71 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.3:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 61% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Johnson County (around 51%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ALVARADO H S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 47.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.6%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Johnson County indicate median household income runs about $84,859, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. ALVARADO H S is one of 77 public schools in Johnson County (combined enrollment of about 39,004 students).

ALVARADO EL-SOUTH is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.9 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ALVARADO H S ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 35.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. ALVARADO H S's enrollment has expanded 5% since 2018, when it stood at 1,107 (now 1,163). The White share of enrollment shrank from 57% to 42% over that span.

On the community side, the feed for ALVARADO H S typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.