HENDERSON H S

HENDERSON H S is a high school of moderately sized scale in HENDERSON, Texas, run under HENDERSON ISD, caters to 1,018 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so HENDERSON H S sits 28% larger than that benchmark.

HENDERSON ISD comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 3,245 students; HENDERSON H S is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, HENDERSON H S reports that the most-represented group is White (42%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest reads as 35% Hispanic, 19% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Rusk County as a whole is about 66% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, HENDERSON H S has 83 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting HENDERSON H S tighter than the state norm the norm. About 60% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), HENDERSON H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.8%; this one delivers 50.3%.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Rusk County indicate median household income runs about $68,658, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. In all, Rusk County runs 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,350 students), of which HENDERSON H S is one.

NORTHSIDE EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.0 miles from this campus. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts HENDERSON H S at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 41.2%.

The school occupies a town-based site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 7%: 953 students in 2018 compared to 1,018 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 51% to 42%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.

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