HAWKINS H S / MIDDLE

Located at 179 HAWK DR, in HAWKINS, Texas, HAWKINS H S / MIDDLE is a modestly sized secondary school that works with 433 students (grades 6 through 12), overseen by HAWKINS ISD. That puts it 46% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

HAWKINS ISD comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 811 students; HAWKINS H S / MIDDLE is among them.

In terms of who attends, HAWKINS H S / MIDDLE shows that 79% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 7% Black, 6% multiracial, 6% Hispanic. That composition is broadly in line with Wood County as a whole.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.9:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 59% of students at HAWKINS H S / MIDDLE qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HAWKINS H S / MIDDLE sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 48.3%; this one delivers 54.8%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Wood County indicate the typical household earns roughly $60,300 per year, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Wood County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,349 students), of which HAWKINS H S / MIDDLE is one.

The closest other public school is HAWKINS EL, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, HAWKINS H S / MIDDLE comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 40.1%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HAWKINS H S / MIDDLE has ticked up 95%, going from 222 students in 2018 to 433 in 2025. Class-load math has grew: from 9.9:1 in 2018 to 10.9:1 in 2025.

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