CARL WUNSCHE SR H S

Located at 900 WUNSCHE LOOP, in SPRING, Texas, CARL WUNSCHE SR H S is a large four-year high school that instructs 1,503 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by SPRING ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so CARL WUNSCHE SR H S sits 89% above that benchmark.

CARL WUNSCHE SR H S is one of 42 schools operated by SPRING ISD, a district that enrolls 33,678 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CARL WUNSCHE SR H S lists that 61% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest consists of 26% Black, 5% White, 4% Asian, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Harris County as a whole is about 44% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 90 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.7:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 67% of students at CARL WUNSCHE SR H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CARL WUNSCHE SR H S ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 44.8%; CARL WUNSCHE SR H S posts 82.6%, +37.8 points above that line.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Harris County put median household income runs about $74,983, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which CARL WUNSCHE SR H S is one.

The closest other public school is SALYERS EL, roughly 0.8 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CARL WUNSCHE SR H S. On composite proficiency, CARL WUNSCHE SR H S comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 36.8%.

The school occupies a suburban site.

Five-year trend. CARL WUNSCHE SR H S's enrollment has edged up 25% since 2018, when it stood at 1,199 (now 1,503). Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 53% to 61%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 16.7:1 today.

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