DEL RIO H S

DEL RIO H S is one of the sprawling four-year high schools in DEL RIO, Texas, operated by SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD, with 2,447 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 207% larger than the state mean of about 796.

SAN FELIPE-DEL RIO CISD runs 14 schools in total, collectively educating 9,767 students. DEL RIO H S is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, DEL RIO H S shows that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (94%). Beyond that, the school shows 5% White. The wider county runs roughly 81% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, The school currently runs with 115 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 21.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting DEL RIO H S higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 69% of students at DEL RIO H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, DEL RIO H S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.3%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Val Verde County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $66,100 per year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across Val Verde County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,448 students), DEL RIO H S is one campus in the mix.

DEL RIO EARLY COLLEGE H S is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around DEL RIO H S. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DEL RIO H S at 2nd of 5; the average score across the group is 44.3%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DEL RIO H S has fell 9%, going from 2,691 students in 2018 to 2,447 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 18.1:1 in 2018 to 21.3:1 in 2025.

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