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Enrollment
616
High
DISTRICT 397 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·HILLSBORO ISD·NCES 482328002363
Hillsboro High School
1600 ABBOTT AVE, HILLSBORO, TX 76645 · (254) 582-4100 · Hill County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL616 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 66% of Texas public high schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public high schools
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
46 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.9:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
434 students
DISTRICT 73% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 147 | 24% |
| Grade 10 | 144 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 174 | 28% |
| Grade 12 | 151 | 25% |
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 54% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Based on grade levels within HILLSBORO ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
64.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +43.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
48.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +7.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 43 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 11.0% | 53.0% | 19.0% | 17.0% |
| Mathematics | 10.0% | 38.0% | 41.0% | 11.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 64.0% | 48.0% |
| 2024-25 | 63.0% | 52.0% |
| 2023-24 | 58.0% | 44.0% |
| 2022-23 | 40.0% | 46.0% |
| 2021-22 | 20.0% | 50.0% |
| 2020-21 | 21.0% | 41.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
58.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+14.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 44% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Hillsboro High School
Hillsboro High School's state test result (58.5% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hillsboro High School this school | 616 | 70.5% | 58.5% |
| Gonzales High School GONZALES | 751 | 71.5% | 40.1% |
| Stuart Career Tech High School BAYTOWN | 597 | 73.5% | 49.3% |
| Venus High School VENUS | 717 | 76.0% | 41.0% |
| Taylor High School TAYLOR | 871 | 64.8% | 40.0% |
| Littlefield High School LITTLEFIELD | 382 | 68.3% | 51.1% |
Matched among Texas high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Hillsboro High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.5% | #536 of 1,385 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #582 of 1,425 ▼ 190 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #509 of 1,425 ▼ 26 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +13.0pp | #693 of 1,184 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 616 | #800 of 2,107 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.4:1 | #462 of 1,344 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.7% | #596 of 1,346 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 70.5% | #568 of 1,522 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +14.7% | #281 of 672 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
616
+83 (+16%) vs 2020
+97% since 1990-91, when it was 312
Student : Teacher
13.4:1
was 11.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 616 | 46 | 13.4:1 | 70% (434) |
| 2023-24 | 597 | 45.6 | 13.1:1 | 72% (432) |
| 2022-23 | 604 | 45.1 | 13.4:1 | 78% (470) |
| 2020-21 | 533 | 45 | 11.8:1 | 50% (266) |
| 2017-18 | 537 | 48.1 | 11.2:1 | 59% (315) |
| 2015-16 | 513 | 48 | 10.7:1 | 66% (341) |
| 2010-11 | 446 | 44 | 10.1:1 | 76% (337) |
| 2000-01 | 496 | 38 | 13.1:1 | 47% (232) |
| 1990-91 | 312 | 27 | 11.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Hillsboro High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 15% (537 to 616); teachers down 4% (48.1 to 46).
About Hillsboro High School
Hillsboro High School is a small high school found in HILLSBORO, Texas. The school had 616 students in grades 9 through 12 in 2024-25. An average school in this group (high schools in Texas) has about 796 students.
Hillsboro High School is among 5 schools run by HILLSBORO ISD, which serves 1,984 students.
Roughly 65% of students at Hillsboro High School are Hispanic. Other groups include 22% White, 8% Black, and 4% multiracial. By comparison, Hill County residents are about 23% Hispanic. Hillsboro High School's diversity index is 53%, against a US figure of 70%.
With 46 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Hillsboro High School was 13.4:1. On average, high schools in Texas have 15.1:1, compared with 13.4:1 here. Hillsboro High School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 70%.
Measured against Texas public high schools, Hillsboro High School receives a B+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Given its lunch-eligibility share, the predicted average proficiency rate on state tests for Hillsboro High School is 43.6%. It actually posts 58.5%, which is 14.9 points higher and in the top 10% of Texas schools.
Federal survey data for Hill County show that the median household income is $64,591, about 18% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Hill County is home to 34 public schools and about 6,430 public school students.
Hillsboro Elementary School is the public school closest to Hillsboro High School, about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is 5. Hillsboro High School is 2nd of 7 nearby schools by average proficiency rate.
Hillsboro High School is in rural territory close to an urban area, a location NCES labels Rural: Fringe.
The school enrolled 616 students in 2024-25, 83 more than the 533 it had in 2020-21. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (13.4:1) than in 2020-21 (11.8:1).
The Hillsboro High School community page is open for posts about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Hill County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
37,328
Census ACS
Median income
$64,591
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
18%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
6,430 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in HILLSBORO ISD
- Hillsboro Elementary SchoolElementary · 649 students
- Hillsboro Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 428 students
- Hillsboro Junior High SchoolMiddle · 290 students
- Hill Co J J Alternative Education ProgramMiddle · 1 students
Other schools in HILLSBORO
- Hillsboro Elementary SchoolElementary · 649 students
- Hillsboro Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 428 students
- Hillsboro Junior High SchoolMiddle · 290 students
- Hill Co J J Alternative Education ProgramMiddle · 1 students
- Hill Co J J Alternative Education ProgramElementary
- Hill Co J J Alternative Education ProgramElementary
Other Hillsboro High schools
7 other US public schools in 8 states are named Hillsboro High. Hillsboro High School is the 5th largest of the 8.
- Hillsboro High SchoolHillsboro, OR · 1,327 students
- Hillsboro HighNashville, TN · 1,224 students
- HILLSBORO HIGHHILLSBORO, MO · 1,050 students
- Hillsboro High SchoolHillsboro, OH · 638 students
- Hillsboro High SchoolHillsboro, IL · 419 students
Nearby schools
- Hillsboro Elementary School0.2 mi · 649
- Hillsboro Intermediate School1.6 mi · 428
- Hillsboro Junior High School1.8 mi · 290
- Hill Co J J Alternative Education Program1.8 mi · 1
- Hill Co J J Alternative Education Program1.8 mi · 1
- Abbott School7.5 mi · 284
Frequently asked questions
About Hillsboro High SchoolHow large is Hillsboro High School?
Hillsboro High School enrolls approximately 616 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Hillsboro High School serve?
Hillsboro High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
How many students per teacher at Hillsboro High School?
Approximately 13.4:1 students per teacher at Hillsboro High School.
How diverse is Hillsboro High School?
Hillsboro High School reports a student body of 22% White, 65% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees Hillsboro High School?
Hillsboro High School is overseen by HILLSBORO ISD in Hill County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.