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BEAUMONT UNITED H S
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Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyAbout BEAUMONT UNITED H S
As a well-populated four-year high school in BEAUMONT, Texas, BEAUMONT UNITED H S works with 2,035 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within BEAUMONT ISD. That puts it 156% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.
BEAUMONT ISD runs 26 schools in total, collectively educating 16,336 students. BEAUMONT UNITED H S is one of those campuses.
Demographically, BEAUMONT UNITED H S reports that 66% of the student body identifies as Black. Other groups include 30% Hispanic. By comparison, Jefferson County as a whole is about 33% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, On paper, BEAUMONT UNITED H S has 126 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 92% of students at BEAUMONT UNITED H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is higher than Jefferson County's rate of about 71%.
With demographic context factored in, BEAUMONT UNITED H S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 33.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 23.9%.
In the broader community, the surrounding county (Jefferson County) reports that median household earnings sit near $60,026, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Across Jefferson County's 92 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,825 students), BEAUMONT UNITED H S is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: BLANCHETTE EL, around 0.6 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, BEAUMONT UNITED H S comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 34.0%.
The campus sits in a city-core setting.
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