FERRIS H S

FERRIS H S is a medium-sized 9-12 campus in FERRIS, Texas, run under FERRIS ISD. The school caters to 940 students in grades 9 through 12.

FERRIS H S is one of 5 schools operated by FERRIS ISD, a district that works with 3,010 students overall.

On the student-mix side, FERRIS H S shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 74%; the rest looks like 13% White, 11% Black. The wider county runs roughly 28% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 76 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting FERRIS H S tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 74% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Ellis County's rate of about 51%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, FERRIS H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.4%, the actual is 47.5%, a residual of +6.1 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Ellis County put median household earnings sit near $99,595, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Ellis County's 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,344 students), FERRIS H S is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is FERRIS J H, roughly 0.3 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, FERRIS H S comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 40.4%.

FERRIS H S operates from an outer-ring location.

Trend over the last 7 years. FERRIS H S's enrollment has edged up 24% since 2018, when it stood at 758 (now 940). Over the same period, the White share declined from 22% to 13%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 12.4:1 today.

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