CAYUGA H S

CAYUGA H S is a high school of micro-enrollment scale in TENNESSEE COLONY, Texas, run under CAYUGA ISD, hosting 190 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 76% smaller than the state mean of about 796.

CAYUGA ISD comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 577 students; CAYUGA H S is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CAYUGA H S reports that the largest single group is White, at 77% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 12% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 5% Black. By comparison, Anderson County as a whole is about 58% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, On paper, CAYUGA H S has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 42% of students at CAYUGA H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Anderson County runs at roughly 68%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CAYUGA 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 55.7%; CAYUGA H S posts 70.5%, +14.8 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, census data for Anderson County shows the typical household earns roughly $62,068 per year, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. CAYUGA H S is one of 26 public schools in Anderson County (combined enrollment of about 8,071 students).

Nearest neighbor: CAYUGA MIDDLE, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around CAYUGA H S. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CAYUGA H S at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 49.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Looking at the recent track record. CAYUGA H S's enrollment has ticked up 13% since 2018, when it stood at 168 (now 190). Hispanic enrollment moved from 4% to 12% across the same window.

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