CRANE H S

CRANE H S operates as a compact secondary school in CRANE, Texas, overseen by CRANE ISD. Current enrollment sits at 347 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 56% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

CRANE H S is one of 3 schools operated by CRANE ISD, a district that educates 1,233 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, CRANE H S reports that 84% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder comes out to 14% White. The wider county runs roughly 69% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school employs 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 68% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Crane County runs at roughly 55%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CRANE H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.3%, the actual is 50.8%, a residual of +6.4 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Crane County put median household earnings sit near $62,212, 13% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Crane County's 3 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,233 students), CRANE H S is one campus in the mix.

CRANE MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CRANE H S ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 30.6%.

CRANE H S operates from a small-town location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CRANE H S has ticked up 7%, going from 324 students in 2018 to 347 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 75% to 84% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 10.0:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

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