HEMPSTEAD H S

HEMPSTEAD H S is a small four-year high school in HEMPSTEAD, Texas, operated by HEMPSTEAD ISD. The school instructs 462 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 42% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

HEMPSTEAD ISD runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,585 students. HEMPSTEAD H S is one of those campuses.

On the student-mix side, HEMPSTEAD H S lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 68% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 21% Black, 9% White. The wider county runs roughly 34% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, HEMPSTEAD H S has 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 73% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Waller County (around 60%), the school's rate is north of typical.

After controlling for student poverty, HEMPSTEAD H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.2%, the actual is 29.0%, a residual of -13.2 points.

In the surrounding community, census data for Waller County shows median household income runs about $80,397, roughly 28% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. In all, Waller County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,294 students), of which HEMPSTEAD H S is one.

Nearest neighbor: HEMPSTEAD MIDDLE, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, HEMPSTEAD H S comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 33.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 11%: 415 students in 2018 compared to 462 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 57% to 68%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 9.6:1 in 2018 to 14.5:1 today.

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