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Enrollment
370
High
DISTRICT 236 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BROOKS COUNTY ISD·NCES 481158000630
Falfurrias High School
100 W JERSEY DR, FALFURRIAS, TX 78355 · (361) 325-8000 · Brooks County
GRADES 09–12HIGH33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL370 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 9% of Texas public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public high schools
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
73%
270 students
DISTRICT 88% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 106 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 82 | 22% |
| Grade 11 | 91 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 91 | 25% |
Student demographics
3%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 5% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within BROOKS COUNTY ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
36.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +19.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
9.0%
TX avg 45.3%
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 9 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 19 points since 2020.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 2.0% | 34.0% | 22.0% | 42.0% |
| Mathematics | 0.0% | 9.0% | 59.0% | 32.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 36.0% | 9.0% |
| 2024-25 | 28.0% | 16.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 40.0% |
| 2022-23 | 33.0% | N/A |
| 2021-22 | 20.0% | N/A |
| 2020-21 | 17.0% | N/A |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
37.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
42.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Falfurrias High School
Falfurrias High School's state test result (37.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Falfurrias High School this school | 370 | 73.0% | 37.9% |
| Eastwood Academy HOUSTON | 365 | 71.5% | 78.2% |
| Harlandale ISD STEM ECHS-Alamo Colleges at Pac SAN ANTONIO | 393 | 73.5% | 70.5% |
| Crystal City High School CRYSTAL CITY | 505 | 74.7% | 34.3% |
| Monte Alto High School MONTE ALTO | 255 | 74.9% | 38.7% |
| Dilley High School DILLEY | 258 | 72.5% | 23.8% |
Matched among Texas high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Falfurrias High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.9% | #1,191 of 1,385 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 9.0% | #1,418 of 1,425 ▼ 93 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #1,300 of 1,425 ▲ 55 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 370 | #1,053 of 2,107 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.4:1 | #332 of 1,344 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 2.7% | #1,299 of 1,346 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 73.0% | #522 of 1,522 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.6% | #285 of 557 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
370
-21 (-5%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 497
Student : Teacher
12.4:1
was 12.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 370 | 29.9 | 12.4:1 | 73% (270) |
| 2023-24 | 385 | 24.1 | 16.0:1 | 87% (336) |
| 2022-23 | 401 | 28.9 | 13.9:1 | 93% (371) |
| 2020-21 | 391 | 31 | 12.6:1 | 68% (267) |
| 2017-18 | 405 | 29.1 | 13.9:1 | 66% (266) |
| 2015-16 | 422 | 29 | 14.6:1 | 65% (273) |
| 2010-11 | 404 | 33 | 12.2:1 | 30% (122) |
| 2000-01 | 583 | 41 | 14.2:1 | 36% (208) |
| 1990-91 | 497 | 33 | 15.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Falfurrias High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (405 to 370); teachers up 3% (29.1 to 29.9).
About Falfurrias High School
Falfurrias High School is a small high school in FALFURRIAS, Texas, (ZIP code 78355). The school covers grades 9 through 12 and reported 370 students in 2024-25. On average, high schools in Texas enroll around 796, and this school is 54% below that mark.
BROOKS COUNTY ISD, which runs Falfurrias High School, has 5 schools and 1,180 students.
By race and ethnicity, Falfurrias High School is 99% Hispanic. The county population is about 90% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 3, compared with 70 nationally.
Falfurrias High School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.4:1, with 29.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for high schools in Texas is 15.1:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 73% at Falfurrias High School. Public schools in Brooks County average 85%.
Falfurrias High School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 9% of Texas public high schools.
A school with Falfurrias High School's lunch-eligibility share in Texas is predicted to score 42.5%. Falfurrias High School scores 37.9%, 4.6 points below that line.
Census data for Brooks County show the median household earns about $47,764 a year, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 13% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Public schools in Brooks County number 5, with about 1,180 students.
Falfurrias High School's nearest public school is Falfurrias Junior High School (about 0.8 miles). In all, 5 other public schools sit within five miles of Falfurrias High School. Of the 6 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Falfurrias High School is 1st on average proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Falfurrias High School is Town: Remote.
Enrollment fell by 5% across 4 years, from 391 in 2020-21 to 370 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for Falfurrias High School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Brooks County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
6,943
Census ACS
Median income
$47,764
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
5
1,180 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BROOKS COUNTY ISD
- Falfurrias Junior High SchoolMiddle · 279 students
- Falfurrias Elementary SchoolElementary · 251 students
- Lasater Elementary SchoolElementary · 156 students
- Falfurrias Innovation AcademyElementary · 124 students
Other schools in FALFURRIAS
- Falfurrias Junior High SchoolMiddle · 279 students
- Falfurrias Elementary SchoolElementary · 251 students
- Lasater Elementary SchoolElementary · 156 students
- Falfurrias Innovation AcademyElementary · 124 students
- La Gloria Elementary SchoolElementary · 119 students
Nearby schools
- Falfurrias Junior High School0.8 mi · 279
- Lasater Elementary School0.8 mi · 156
- Falfurrias Innovation Academy0.8 mi · 124
- Falfurrias Elementary School0.8 mi · 251
- La Gloria Elementary School4.2 mi · 119
- Premont Ernest H Singleton Early College Academy8.6 mi · 357
Frequently asked questions
About Falfurrias High SchoolHow large is Falfurrias High School?
Falfurrias High School enrolls approximately 370 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Falfurrias High School serve?
Falfurrias High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many teachers does Falfurrias High School have?
Falfurrias High School employs 30 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.4:1.
What is the student diversity at Falfurrias High School?
Student demographics at Falfurrias High School are roughly 1% White, 99% Hispanic, 0% Black.
Is Falfurrias High School public or private?
Falfurrias High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by BROOKS COUNTY ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.