HOLLAND H S

Located at 100 S ROSE LN, in HOLLAND, Texas, HOLLAND H S is a very small senior high that serves 183 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by HOLLAND ISD. That puts it 77% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

Across the 3 schools in HOLLAND ISD (646 students total), HOLLAND H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, HOLLAND H S records that the largest single group is White, at 66% of enrollment. Other groups include 27% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 2% Black. That is visibly more White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 49%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 38% of students at HOLLAND H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Bell County's rate of about 57%.

After controlling for student poverty, HOLLAND H S ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 57.2%; HOLLAND H S posts 76.9%, +19.7 points above that line.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Bell County put the typical household earns roughly $68,865 per year, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Bell County's 130 public schools (combined enrollment of about 71,041 students), HOLLAND H S is one campus in the mix.

HOLLAND EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, HOLLAND H S comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 52.8%.

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

Five-year trend. HOLLAND H S's enrollment has decreased 14% since 2018, when it stood at 214 (now 183). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 71% to 66%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 10.7:1 in 2018 to 7.8:1 today.

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