Enrollment
396
High
DISTRICT 419 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HARDIN ISD·NCES 482238002245
HARDIN H S
501 FM 834 E, HARDIN, TX 77561 · (936) 298-2118 · Liberty County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL396 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
23 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
49%
193 students
DISTRICT 58% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within HARDIN ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
45.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +45.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
25.0%
TX avg 45.3%
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 45 points since 2020.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
47.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
396
+59 (+18%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 10.9:1
% White
74%
was 80%
% Hispanic
19%
was 16%
% Black
3%
was 2%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About HARDIN H S
HARDIN H S is a high school of tight-knit scale in HARDIN, Texas, run under HARDIN ISD, hosting 396 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so HARDIN H S sits 50% leaner than that benchmark.
Within HARDIN ISD, which oversees 3 schools and 1,257 students, HARDIN H S is one campus in the system.
Demographically, HARDIN H S lists that 74% of the student body identifies as White; the rest looks like 19% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Liberty County as a whole is about 57% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, On paper, HARDIN H S has 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.3:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 49% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is lower than Liberty County's rate of about 80%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, HARDIN H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.9%; this one delivers 47.5%.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Liberty County) logs that median household income runs about $68,703, roughly 12% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Across Liberty County's 41 public schools (combined enrollment of about 27,599 students), HARDIN H S is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: HARDIN J H, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around HARDIN H S. On composite proficiency, HARDIN H S comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 34.5%.
The campus sits in a countryside setting.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 18%: 337 students in 2018 compared to 396 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 80% to 74% across the same window. Class-load math has loosened: from 10.9:1 in 2018 to 17.3:1 in 2025.
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Liberty County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
103,380
Census ACS
Median income
$68,703
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
12%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
41
27,599 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HARDIN ISD
- HARDIN ELElementary · 564 students
- HARDIN J HMiddle · 297 students
Other schools in HARDIN
- HARDIN ELElementary · 564 students
- HARDIN J HMiddle · 297 students
Nearby schools
- HARDIN J H0.1 mi · 297
- HARDIN EL0.7 mi · 564
- HULL-DAISETTA EL5.6 mi · 266
- HULL-DAISETTA J H6.0 mi · 58
- HULL-DAISETTA H S6.0 mi · 105
- LIBERTY H S6.5 mi · 768
Frequently asked questions
About HARDIN H SHow many students attend HARDIN H S?
HARDIN H S enrolls approximately 396 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does HARDIN H S serve?
HARDIN H S serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at HARDIN H S?
Approximately 17.3:1 students per teacher at HARDIN H S.
What is the racial breakdown of students at HARDIN H S?
At HARDIN H S, the student body is approximately 74% White, 19% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is HARDIN H S in?
HARDIN H S is part of HARDIN ISD.
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