HICO H S

As a tight-knit high school in HICO, Texas, HICO H S caters to 324 students from grades 6 through 12, run under HICO ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 59% smaller than the state mean of about 796.

Within HICO ISD, which oversees 2 schools and 627 students, HICO H S is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, HICO H S logs that 77% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school reports 20% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, HICO H S has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 46% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, HICO H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.7%, the actual is 53.3%, a residual of -0.3 points.

Across the wider county, Hamilton County reports that median household income runs about $58,219, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. HICO H S is one of 6 public schools in Hamilton County (combined enrollment of about 1,787 students).

HICO EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HICO H S ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 39.2%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 13%: 287 students in 2018 compared to 324 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment ticked down from 27% to 20% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 10.3:1 in 2018 to 11.3:1 today.

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