BLUE RIDGE H S

BLUE RIDGE H S is a four-year high school of very small scale in BLUE RIDGE, Texas, overseen by BLUE RIDGE ISD, works with 298 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so BLUE RIDGE H S sits 63% leaner than that benchmark.

BLUE RIDGE ISD runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,048 students. BLUE RIDGE H S is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, BLUE RIDGE H S lists that 59% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 36% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

On the resource side, On paper, BLUE RIDGE H S has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.8:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 54% of students at BLUE RIDGE H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Collin County (around 30%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BLUE RIDGE H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.3%; this one delivers 52.1%.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Collin County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $121,600 per year, about 56% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. BLUE RIDGE H S is one of 338 public schools in Collin County (combined enrollment of about 227,575 students).

Nearest neighbor: BLUE RIDGE EL, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, BLUE RIDGE H S comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 47.1%.

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

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BLUE RIDGE H S has grew 28%, going from 233 students in 2018 to 298 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 72% to 59% over that span.

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