FALFURRIAS H S

FALFURRIAS H S is one of the small senior highs in FALFURRIAS, Texas, overseen by BROOKS COUNTY ISD, with 370 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 54% smaller than the state mean of about 796.

Across the 5 schools in BROOKS COUNTY ISD (1,180 students total), FALFURRIAS H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, FALFURRIAS H S lists that 99% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 90%.

Looking at school resources, FALFURRIAS H S lists 30 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.4:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 73% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Brooks County runs at roughly 85%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, FALFURRIAS H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.0%; this one delivers 41.0%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Brooks County indicate median household earnings sit near $47,764, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Brooks County's 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,180 students), FALFURRIAS H S is one campus in the mix.

FALFURRIAS J H is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.8 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around FALFURRIAS H S. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts FALFURRIAS H S at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 31.5%.

FALFURRIAS H S operates from a town-center location.

Trend over the last 7 years. FALFURRIAS H S's enrollment has declined 9% since 2018, when it stood at 405 (now 370). The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 today.

Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.