CRAWFORD H S

CRAWFORD H S is a very small four-year high school in CRAWFORD, Texas, overseen by CRAWFORD ISD. The school instructs 318 students in grades 6 through 12. That puts it 60% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

CRAWFORD ISD runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 596 students. CRAWFORD H S is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, CRAWFORD H S reports that 86% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school shows 11% Hispanic, 2% Black. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 59%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, CRAWFORD H S has 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 14% of students at CRAWFORD H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of McLennan County's rate of about 62%.

After controlling for student poverty, CRAWFORD H S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 67.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 68.1%.

Across the wider county, census data for McLennan County shows median household earnings sit near $66,643, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, McLennan County runs 124 public schools (combined enrollment of about 45,703 students), of which CRAWFORD H S is one.

Nearest neighbor: CRAWFORD EL, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, CRAWFORD H S comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 46.6%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. CRAWFORD H S's enrollment has rose 19% since 2018, when it stood at 268 (now 318). The White share of enrollment edged down from 92% to 86% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 9.5:1 in 2018 to 10.5:1 in 2025.

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