BISHOP H S

BISHOP H S, a low-enrollment high school in BISHOP, Texas, part of BISHOP CISD, enrolls 533 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so BISHOP H S sits 33% smaller than that benchmark.

BISHOP CISD comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 1,463 students; BISHOP H S is among them.

Looking at the student body, BISHOP H S reports that 86% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder reads as 11% White. By comparison, Nueces County as a whole is about 63% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.1:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 54% of students at BISHOP H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Nueces County's rate of about 67%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BISHOP H S is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 50.3%; this one delivers 69.5%, a residual of +19.2 points.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Nueces County put median household income runs about $66,897, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Nueces County's 124 public schools (combined enrollment of about 59,619 students), BISHOP H S is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: LILLION E LUEHRS J H, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around BISHOP H S. On composite proficiency, BISHOP H S comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 37.9%.

BISHOP H S operates from a low-density location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 9%: 489 students in 2018 compared to 533 in 2025.

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