HAMSHIRE-FANNETT H S

HAMSHIRE-FANNETT H S is a secondary school of close-knit scale in HAMSHIRE, Texas, one of the schools within HAMSHIRE-FANNETT ISD, teacheing 633 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 20% below the state mean of about 796.

Across the 5 schools in HAMSHIRE-FANNETT ISD (2,006 students total), HAMSHIRE-FANNETT H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, HAMSHIRE-FANNETT H S logs that White students make up the majority at 61%. The remainder consists of 23% Hispanic, 12% Black, 2% multiracial. That is considerably more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 40%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 30% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Jefferson County's rate of about 71%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HAMSHIRE-FANNETT H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.8%; this one delivers 53.3%.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Jefferson County) shows that median household income runs about $60,026, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Across Jefferson County's 92 public schools (combined enrollment of about 42,825 students), HAMSHIRE-FANNETT H S is one campus in the mix.

HAMSHIRE-FANNETT INT is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.5 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 7 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HAMSHIRE-FANNETT H S ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 48.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HAMSHIRE-FANNETT H S has increased 14%, going from 553 students in 2018 to 633 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 74% to 61% over that span. Class-load math has widened: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 in 2025.

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