HARPER H S

Located at 23122 W HWY 290, in HARPER, Texas, HARPER H S is an one-room-style secondary school that serves 171 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by HARPER ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so HARPER H S sits 79% leaner than that benchmark.

HARPER ISD comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 591 students; HARPER H S is among them.

On the student-mix side, HARPER H S reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (82%). Other groups include 15% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. Compared to Gillespie County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.

On the resource side, HARPER H S lists 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting HARPER H S tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 29% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Gillespie County runs at roughly 58%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HARPER H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.1%, the actual is 72.0%, a residual of +10.9 points.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Gillespie County put the typical household earns roughly $76,162 per year, 37% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 7%. In all, Gillespie County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,641 students), of which HARPER H S is one.

The closest other public school is HARPER MIDDLE, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, HARPER H S comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 58.1%.

HARPER H S operates from an outlying location.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HARPER H S has edged down 11%, going from 193 students in 2018 to 171 in 2025.

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