EDGEWOOD H S

EDGEWOOD H S is a 9-12 campus of tiny scale in EDGEWOOD, Texas, run under EDGEWOOD ISD, serveing 281 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so EDGEWOOD H S sits 65% below that benchmark.

EDGEWOOD H S is one of 29 schools operated by EDGEWOOD ISD, a district that hosts 9,461 students overall.

On the student-mix side, EDGEWOOD H S reports that White students make up the majority at 77%; the rest is composed of 16% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting EDGEWOOD H S tighter than the state norm the norm. About 40% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Van Zandt County runs at roughly 56%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, EDGEWOOD H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.7%; this one delivers 56.6%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Van Zandt County indicate median household income runs about $69,475, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Van Zandt County's 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,738 students), EDGEWOOD H S is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is EDGEWOOD INT, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around EDGEWOOD H S. On composite proficiency, EDGEWOOD H S comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 40.4%.

EDGEWOOD H S operates from a rural location.

Over the past 7-year window. EDGEWOOD H S's enrollment has stayed largely flat since 2018, when it stood at 276 (now 281). Over the same period, the Hispanic share edged up from 8% to 16%. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 10.2:1 in 2018 to 8.8:1 today.

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