BROWNWOOD H S

BROWNWOOD H S operates as a mid-sized four-year high school in BROWNWOOD, Texas, part of BROWNWOOD ISD. Current enrollment sits at 935 students spanning grades 9 through 12.

BROWNWOOD H S is one of 7 schools operated by BROWNWOOD ISD, a district that educates 3,393 students overall.

Looking at the student body, BROWNWOOD H S lists that the most-represented group is White (46%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 45% Hispanic, 5% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Brown County as a whole is about 75% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, BROWNWOOD H S lists 69 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.6:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 47% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Brown County (around 58%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BROWNWOOD H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.2%, the actual is 55.1%, a residual of +1.9 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Brown County indicate the typical household earns roughly $57,470 per year, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Brown County runs 23 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,238 students), of which BROWNWOOD H S is one.

Nearest neighbor: BROWNWOOD ACCELERATED H S, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), BROWNWOOD H S ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 47.3%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Over the past 7-year window. BROWNWOOD H S's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 951 (now 935). Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 39% to 45%.

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