CANYON H S

CANYON H S, an expansive four-year high school in NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas, one of the schools within COMAL ISD, caters to 2,414 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 203% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

COMAL ISD runs 37 schools in total, collectively educating 29,839 students. CANYON H S is one of those campuses.

Demographically, CANYON H S shows that the largest single group is Hispanic at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 44% White, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Comal County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, CANYON H S shows 152 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting CANYON H S higher than the state norm the norm. An estimated 32% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

With demographic context factored in, CANYON H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.7%, the actual is 60.3%, a residual of +0.5 points.

Around the school, Comal County reports that the typical household earns roughly $101,889 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. CANYON H S is one of 49 public schools in Comal County (combined enrollment of about 29,653 students).

Nearest neighbor: GOODWIN FRAZIER EL, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CANYON H S. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CANYON H S at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 58.6%.

CANYON H S operates from a metropolitan location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CANYON H S has edged down 8%, going from 2,637 students in 2018 to 2,414 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 50% to 44% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 18.0:1 in 2018 to 15.9:1 in 2025.

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