CHAPARRAL H S

CHAPARRAL H S is one of the heavily attended secondary schools in KILLEEN, Texas, overseen by KILLEEN ISD, with 2,031 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 155% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

KILLEEN ISD comprises 55 schools with combined enrollment of 42,883 students; CHAPARRAL H S is among them.

Demographically, CHAPARRAL H S lists that the largest single group is Black at 37%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest is composed of 32% Hispanic, 16% White, 10% multiracial, 2% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 23% Black, putting the school's mix considerably more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 114 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting CHAPARRAL H S higher than the state norm the norm. Around 48% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Bell County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CHAPARRAL H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 53.1%; this one delivers 51.9%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Bell County indicate median household income runs about $68,865, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Bell County's 130 public schools (combined enrollment of about 71,041 students), CHAPARRAL H S is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: DR JIMMIE DON AYCOCK MIDDLE, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CHAPARRAL H S at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 42.4%.

CHAPARRAL H S operates from a metropolitan location.

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