FALLS CITY H S

FALLS CITY H S is a senior high of minimally staffed scale in FALLS CITY, Texas, overseen by FALLS CITY ISD, teacheing 184 students in grades 7 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so FALLS CITY H S sits 77% below that benchmark.

FALLS CITY ISD runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 442 students. FALLS CITY H S is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, FALLS CITY H S records that White students make up the majority at 77%. Beyond that, the school records 20% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Karnes County as a whole is about 51% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.5:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting FALLS CITY H S tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 24% of students at FALLS CITY H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Karnes County runs at roughly 62%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, FALLS CITY H S ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 63.4%; FALLS CITY H S posts 81.4%, +17.9 points above that line.

Across the wider county, census data for Karnes County shows median household income runs about $60,214, about 14% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. Across Karnes County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,456 students), FALLS CITY H S is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: FALLS CITY EL, around 0.0 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, FALLS CITY H S comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 55.0%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Over the past 7-year window. FALLS CITY H S's enrollment has increased 14% since 2018, when it stood at 161 (now 184). The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 8.6:1 in 2018 to 11.5:1 today.

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