BEN BOLT-PALITO BLANCO H S

BEN BOLT-PALITO BLANCO H S is one of the one-room-style senior highs in BEN BOLT, Texas, overseen by BEN BOLT-PALITO BLANCO ISD, with 206 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 74% below the state mean of about 796.

BEN BOLT-PALITO BLANCO ISD runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 444 students. BEN BOLT-PALITO BLANCO H S is one of those campuses.

On demographics, BEN BOLT-PALITO BLANCO H S reports that 93% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder is composed of 7% White. The wider county runs roughly 80% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, BEN BOLT-PALITO BLANCO H S lists 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting BEN BOLT-PALITO BLANCO H S tighter than the state norm the norm. About 85% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BEN BOLT-PALITO BLANCO H S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 36.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.0%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Jim Wells County shows median household income runs about $51,896, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 21% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Jim Wells County's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,302 students), BEN BOLT-PALITO BLANCO H S is one campus in the mix.

BEN BOLT-PALITO BLANCO EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BEN BOLT-PALITO BLANCO H S at 6th of 9; the average score across the group is 41.5%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 29%: 291 students in 2018 compared to 206 in 2025. Class-load math has pulled in: from 12.6:1 in 2018 to 10.3:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the BEN BOLT-PALITO BLANCO H S community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to weigh in.