HALE CENTER H S

HALE CENTER H S is a four-year high school of very small scale in HALE CENTER, Texas, overseen by HALE CENTER ISD, enrolling 174 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so HALE CENTER H S sits 78% leaner than that benchmark.

HALE CENTER ISD runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 561 students. HALE CENTER H S is one of those campuses.

Demographically, HALE CENTER H S shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 77% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school records 18% White, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 61% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, HALE CENTER H S lists 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.1:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 67% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HALE CENTER H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 44.8%; this one delivers 37.6%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Hale County put the typical household earns roughly $51,897 per year, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Across Hale County's 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,064 students), HALE CENTER H S is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: AKIN EL, around 1.1 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, HALE CENTER H S comes 3rd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 37.1%.

HALE CENTER H S operates from an outlying location.

Over the past 7-year window. HALE CENTER H S's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 172 (now 174). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 24% to 18%.

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