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BARBERS HILL INT SOUTH
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Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyAbout BARBERS HILL INT SOUTH
BARBERS HILL INT SOUTH operates as a high-enrollment 6-8 campus in MONT BELVIEU, Texas, part of BARBERS HILL ISD. Current enrollment sits at 972 students spanning grades 4 through 6. That puts it 51% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 643 students.
BARBERS HILL INT SOUTH is one of 9 schools operated by BARBERS HILL ISD, a district that hosts 7,875 students overall.
Looking at the student body, BARBERS HILL INT SOUTH logs that the largest single group is White at 54%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 35% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Chambers County as a whole is about 68% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, BARBERS HILL INT SOUTH shows 81 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 14.4:1, putting BARBERS HILL INT SOUTH tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 32% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Chambers County (around 44%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BARBERS HILL INT SOUTH tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 59.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 65.2%.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Chambers County put the typical household earns roughly $109,804 per year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Chambers County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 11,701 students), of which BARBERS HILL INT SOUTH is one.
The closest other public school is BARBERS HILL EL NORTH, roughly 1.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 4 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BARBERS HILL INT SOUTH ranks 4th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 74.7%.
BARBERS HILL INT SOUTH operates from a town-based location.
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- BARBERS HILL EL NORTHElementary · 835 students
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- BARBERS HILL EL SOUTHElementary · 891 students
- EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTERElementary · 845 students
- BARBERS HILL EL NORTHElementary · 835 students
- BARBERS HILL MIDDLE SOUTHMiddle · 587 students
- BARBERS HILL EL NORTH1.5 mi · 835
- EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER1.6 mi · 845
- BARBERS HILL INT NORTH2.1 mi · 924
- BARBERS HILL EL SOUTH2.2 mi · 891
- ALTERNATIVE SCHOOL2.3 mi · 29
- BARBERS HILL H S2.3 mi · 2,222