DALHART H S

DALHART H S is one of the tight-knit senior highs in DALHART, Texas, overseen by DALHART ISD, with 481 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so DALHART H S sits 40% below that benchmark.

Across the 4 schools in DALHART ISD (1,846 students total), DALHART H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, DALHART H S reports that 64% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school shows 34% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 31%.

On the resource side, The school reports having 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.6:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 55% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Hartley County runs at roughly 69%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, DALHART H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 49.7%, the actual is 52.6%, a residual of +2.9 points.

Across the wider county, Hartley County reports that median household income runs about $75,841, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. DALHART H S is one of 5 public schools in Hartley County (combined enrollment of about 1,773 students).

DALHART J H is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), DALHART H S ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 40.9%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 6%: 511 students in 2018 compared to 481 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 52% to 64% over that span.

On the community side, the feed for DALHART H S typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.