BASTROP H S

As a big senior high in BASTROP, Texas, BASTROP H S caters to 1,767 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by BASTROP ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so BASTROP H S sits 122% above that benchmark.

BASTROP ISD runs 16 schools in total, collectively educating 13,370 students. BASTROP H S is one of those campuses.

On demographics, BASTROP H S shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 64% of enrollment. Other groups include 28% White, 4% Black, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 45%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 110 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting BASTROP H S higher than the state norm the norm. About 49% 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 Bastrop County (around 67%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, BASTROP H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 52.4%, the actual is 47.5%, a residual of -4.9 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Bastrop County shows the typical household earns roughly $86,226 per year, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Bastrop County runs 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 19,931 students), of which BASTROP H S is one.

The closest other public school is GENESIS H S, roughly 0.2 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around BASTROP H S. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BASTROP H S ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 43.1%.

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

Over the past 7-year window. BASTROP H S's enrollment has ticked up 26% since 2018, when it stood at 1,404 (now 1,767). Hispanic enrollment moved from 50% to 64% across the same window.

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