FABENS H S

FABENS H S, a close-knit secondary school in FABENS, Texas, one of the schools within FABENS ISD, teaches 616 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 23% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

Across the 4 schools in FABENS ISD (1,865 students total), FABENS H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, FABENS H S shows that 100% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The wider county runs roughly 83% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.6:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 89% 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, El Paso County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, FABENS H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.2%, the actual is 38.0%, a residual of +2.8 points.

Zooming out to the county, El Paso County reports that the typical household earns roughly $59,806 per year, about 26% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 16%. Across El Paso County's 273 public schools (combined enrollment of about 165,404 students), FABENS H S is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: FABENS MIDDLE, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FABENS H S at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 35.3%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. FABENS H S's enrollment has declined 19% since 2018, when it stood at 761 (now 616). Class-load math has pulled in: from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 in 2025.

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