GALENA PARK H S

GALENA PARK H S operates as a substantial secondary school in GALENA PARK, Texas, overseen by GALENA PARK ISD. Current enrollment sits at 1,815 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 128% larger than typical.

GALENA PARK ISD comprises 26 schools with combined enrollment of 20,862 students; GALENA PARK H S is among them.

Looking at the student body, GALENA PARK H S logs that nearly all students (90%) are Hispanic. Other groups include 6% White, 3% Black. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 44%.

Looking at school resources, GALENA PARK H S reports 118 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.3:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 86% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Harris County (around 70%), the school's rate is north of typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, GALENA PARK H S is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 36.2%; this one delivers 54.3%, a residual of +18.0 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Harris County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $74,983 per year, about 34% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 13%. In all, Harris County runs 1205 public schools (combined enrollment of about 886,911 students), of which GALENA PARK H S is one.

GALENA PARK MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, GALENA PARK H S comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 44.1%.

The school occupies a residential site.

Trend over the last 7 years. GALENA PARK H S's enrollment has decreased 10% since 2018, when it stood at 2,016 (now 1,815). Class-load math has tightened: from 17.9:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

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