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 52.6%; this one delivers 49.1%.

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 1st 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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