GRAND SALINE H S

GRAND SALINE H S operates as a tight-knit 9-12 campus in GRAND SALINE, Texas, overseen by GRAND SALINE ISD. Current enrollment sits at 363 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 54% smaller than typical.

GRAND SALINE H S is one of 5 schools operated by GRAND SALINE ISD, a district that caters to 1,211 students overall.

Looking at the student body, GRAND SALINE H S logs that 68% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school logs 28% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Van Zandt County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting GRAND SALINE H S tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Van Zandt County's rate of about 56%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), GRAND SALINE H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.8%, the actual is 53.4%, a residual of -2.5 points.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Van Zandt County put median household income runs about $69,475, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Van Zandt County runs 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,738 students), of which GRAND SALINE H S is one.

GRAND SALINE MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GRAND SALINE H S ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 43.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 15%: 316 students in 2018 compared to 363 in 2025.

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