GAINESVILLE H S

Located at 2201 S I-35, in GAINESVILLE, Texas, GAINESVILLE H S is a mid-sized 9-12 campus that hosts 876 students (grades 9 through 12), part of GAINESVILLE ISD.

Within GAINESVILLE ISD, which oversees 5 schools and 3,111 students, GAINESVILLE H S is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, GAINESVILLE H S shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 62%; the rest comes out to 27% White, 5% multiracial, 5% Black. By comparison, Cooke County as a whole is about 21% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the resource side, GAINESVILLE H S reports 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting GAINESVILLE H S higher than the state norm the norm. Around 54% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, GAINESVILLE H S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 41.1%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Cooke County shows the typical household earns roughly $73,932 per year, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cooke County runs 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,986 students), of which GAINESVILLE H S is one.

The closest other public school is GAINESVILLE J H, roughly 1.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts GAINESVILLE H S at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 41.0%.

GAINESVILLE H S operates from a countryside location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 4%: 846 students in 2018 compared to 876 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 55% to 62%. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 16.1:1 today.

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