ELKHART H S

ELKHART H S is a senior high of minimally staffed scale in ELKHART, Texas, operated by ELKHART ISD, caters to 305 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 62% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

ELKHART ISD runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,187 students. ELKHART H S is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, ELKHART H S lists that White students make up the majority at 79%; the rest reads as 14% Hispanic, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. That is noticeably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 58%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, ELKHART H S shows 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.5:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 45% of students at ELKHART H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is lower than Anderson County's rate of about 68%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, ELKHART H S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 65.3%.

Across the wider county, Anderson County reports that median household income runs about $62,068, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. Across Anderson County's 26 public schools (combined enrollment of about 8,071 students), ELKHART H S is one campus in the mix.

ELKHART MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.9 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, ELKHART H S comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 51.1%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ELKHART H S has shrank 20%, going from 383 students in 2018 to 305 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 9% to 14% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 11.5:1 in 2018 to 9.5:1 today.

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