CENTRAL H S

CENTRAL H S is a well-populated high school in SAN ANGELO, Texas, overseen by SAN ANGELO ISD. The school educates 2,985 students in grades 8 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so CENTRAL H S sits 275% above that benchmark.

SAN ANGELO ISD comprises 23 schools with combined enrollment of 13,448 students; CENTRAL H S is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CENTRAL H S shows that 59% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Other groups include 34% White, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Tom Green County as a whole is about 41% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, CENTRAL H S has 159 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.8:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. Roughly 43% of students at CENTRAL H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Tom Green County's rate of about 54%.

With demographic context factored in, CENTRAL H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.0%; this one delivers 43.6%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Tom Green County put median household earnings sit near $68,370, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Tom Green County runs 81 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,896 students), of which CENTRAL H S is one.

The closest other public school is CARVER ALTER LRN CTR, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CENTRAL H S at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 47.9%.

Geographically, the school is in an inner-city area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CENTRAL H S has grew 32%, going from 2,262 students in 2018 to 2,985 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 16.4:1 in 2018 to 18.8:1 today.

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