BURLESON CENTENNIAL H S

BURLESON CENTENNIAL H S, a heavily attended secondary school in BURLESON, Texas, overseen by BURLESON ISD, works with 2,061 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 159% bigger than the state mean of about 796.

BURLESON ISD comprises 18 schools with combined enrollment of 12,759 students; BURLESON CENTENNIAL H S is among them.

Demographically, BURLESON CENTENNIAL H S shows that the largest single group is White at 54%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 31% Hispanic, 11% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Johnson County as a whole is about 72% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, BURLESON CENTENNIAL H S logs 127 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.2:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 33% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Johnson County's rate of about 51%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, BURLESON CENTENNIAL H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.4%; this one delivers 58.0%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Johnson County shows median household income runs about $84,859, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Johnson County runs 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 39,004 students), of which BURLESON CENTENNIAL H S is one.

Nearest neighbor: RICHARD BRANSOM EL, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, BURLESON CENTENNIAL H S comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 58.6%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. BURLESON CENTENNIAL H S's enrollment has climbed 19% since 2018, when it stood at 1,738 (now 2,061). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 67% to 54%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 16.2:1 today.

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