CHILDRESS H S

Located at 800 AVE J N W, in CHILDRESS, Texas, CHILDRESS H S is a micro-enrollment secondary school that works with 317 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by CHILDRESS ISD. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 60% smaller than typical.

CHILDRESS ISD comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 978 students; CHILDRESS H S is among them.

Demographically, CHILDRESS H S logs that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 38% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Childress County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Childress County (around 57%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, CHILDRESS H S sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 53.5%; actual is 69.3%, +15.8 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Childress County put median household income runs about $58,654, 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. CHILDRESS H S is one of 3 public schools in Childress County (combined enrollment of about 978 students).

CHILDRESS J H is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.5 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around CHILDRESS H S. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CHILDRESS H S ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 41.7%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 312 students in 2018 compared to 317 in 2025.

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