H M KING H S

Set in KINGSVILLE, Texas, H M KING H S is a mid-tier senior high, part of KINGSVILLE ISD. It instructs 918 students across grades 9 through 12.

Across the 5 schools in KINGSVILLE ISD (2,534 students total), H M KING H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, H M KING H S reports that 88% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority; the rest reads as 8% White, 2% Black. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 71%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.3:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 75% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, H M KING H S falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 41.8%; this one comes in at 26.8%, -14.9 points off the demographic line.

In the area at large, Kleberg County reports that median household earnings sit near $61,292, about 23% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 19%. In all, Kleberg County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,746 students), of which H M KING H S is one.

Nearest neighbor: PEREZ EL, around 0.2 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around H M KING H S. On composite proficiency, H M KING H S comes 6th of 9 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 39.3%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Looking at the recent track record. H M KING H S's enrollment has edged down 5% since 2018, when it stood at 966 (now 918). Class-load math has grew: from 14.0:1 in 2018 to 15.3:1 in 2025.

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