EAST CHAMBERS H S

EAST CHAMBERS H S is a low-enrollment secondary school in WINNIE, Texas, run under EAST CHAMBERS ISD. The school instructs 447 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so EAST CHAMBERS H S sits 44% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 4 schools in EAST CHAMBERS ISD (1,562 students total), EAST CHAMBERS H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, EAST CHAMBERS H S logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 50%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest breaks down as 40% White, 7% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Chambers County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting EAST CHAMBERS H S tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Chambers County (around 44%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, EAST CHAMBERS H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 50.3%, the actual is 58.6%, a residual of +8.3 points.

In the surrounding community, Chambers County reports that median household earnings sit near $109,804, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. EAST CHAMBERS H S is one of 18 public schools in Chambers County (combined enrollment of about 11,701 students).

Nearest neighbor: EAST CHAMBERS J H, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around EAST CHAMBERS H S. On composite proficiency, EAST CHAMBERS H S comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 47.6%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at EAST CHAMBERS H S has increased 3%, going from 435 students in 2018 to 447 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 34% to 50% over that span.

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