FARWELL H S

FARWELL H S is one of the micro-enrollment 9-12 campuss in FARWELL, Texas, run under FARWELL ISD, with 189 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so FARWELL H S sits 76% smaller than that benchmark.

Within FARWELL ISD, which oversees 3 schools and 599 students, FARWELL H S is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, FARWELL H S shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 61% of enrollment; the rest looks like 38% White.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting FARWELL H S tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 59% of students at FARWELL H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is below Parmer County's rate of about 73%.

With demographic context factored in, FARWELL 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 48.2%; FARWELL H S posts 64.8%, +16.5 points above that line.

In the broader community, census data for Parmer County shows the typical household earns roughly $69,735 per year, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. Across Parmer County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,164 students), FARWELL H S is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: FARWELL J H, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around FARWELL H S. On composite proficiency, FARWELL H S comes 2nd of 5 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 50.6%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. FARWELL H S's enrollment has grew 29% since 2018, when it stood at 147 (now 189). Hispanic enrollment moved from 56% to 61% across the same window. Class-load math has widened: from 7.0:1 in 2018 to 8.2:1 in 2025.

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