HOWE H S

HOWE H S, a close-knit 9-12 campus in HOWE, Texas, one of the schools within HOWE ISD, enrolls 363 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so HOWE H S sits 54% below that benchmark.

Within HOWE ISD, which oversees 4 schools and 1,265 students, HOWE H S is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, HOWE H S logs that White students make up the majority at 63%. Beyond that, the school logs 26% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Grayson County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, HOWE H S has 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.5:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting HOWE H S tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 35% of students at HOWE H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Grayson County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HOWE H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.6%, the actual is 67.3%, a residual of +8.7 points.

In the broader community, Grayson County reports that median household income runs about $72,182, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. HOWE H S is one of 68 public schools in Grayson County (combined enrollment of about 25,915 students).

Nearest neighbor: SUMMIT HILL EL, around 0.5 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HOWE H S ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 53.9%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HOWE H S has grew 6%, going from 341 students in 2018 to 363 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 79% to 63% across the same window.

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