DAYTON H S

Set in DAYTON, Texas, DAYTON H S is a substantial secondary school, one of the schools within DAYTON ISD. It hosts 1,674 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 110% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

Across the 7 schools in DAYTON ISD (5,675 students total), DAYTON H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, DAYTON H S shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (53%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder looks like 37% White, 6% Black, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Liberty County as a whole is about 40% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, DAYTON H S has 92 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.2:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 71% of students at DAYTON H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Liberty County runs at roughly 80%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, DAYTON H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.1%, the actual is 52.3%, a residual of +9.2 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Liberty County shows the typical household earns roughly $68,703 per year, about 12% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. DAYTON H S is one of 41 public schools in Liberty County (combined enrollment of about 27,599 students).

Nearest neighbor: RICHTER EL, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around DAYTON H S. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DAYTON H S at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 35.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. DAYTON H S's enrollment has grew 11% since 2018, when it stood at 1,511 (now 1,674). Hispanic enrollment moved from 42% to 53% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 15.5:1 in 2018 to 18.2:1 in 2025.

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