Enrollment
283
High
DISTRICT 299 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ITALY ISD·NCES 482445002740
ITALY H S
300 S COLLEGE, ITALY, TX 76651 · (972) 483-7411 · Ellis County
GRADES 07–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL283 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.9:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
44%
125 students
DISTRICT 49% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within ITALY ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
56.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +30.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
32.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +3.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 30 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 3 points.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
41.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
283
+24 (+9%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
10.9:1
was 11.0:1
% White
51%
was 49%
% Hispanic
35%
was 30%
% Black
11%
was 16%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About ITALY H S
Located at 300 S COLLEGE, in ITALY, Texas, ITALY H S is a rural-scale senior high that teaches 283 students (grades 7 through 12), run under ITALY ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 64% below the state mean of about 796.
ITALY ISD runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 597 students. ITALY H S is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, ITALY H S reports that the most-represented group is White (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 35% Hispanic, 11% Black, 2% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 60%.
Looking at school resources, ITALY H S lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 44% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, ITALY H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 54.6%, the actual is 41.5%, a residual of -13.1 points.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Ellis County) records that the typical household earns roughly $99,595 per year, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Ellis County runs 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,344 students), of which ITALY H S is one.
STAFFORD EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.7 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, ITALY H S comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 37.4%.
ITALY H S operates from an outlying location.
Trend over the last 7 years. ITALY H S's enrollment has rose 9% since 2018, when it stood at 259 (now 283). The Black share of enrollment edged down from 16% to 11% over that span.
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Ellis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
213,160
Census ACS
Median income
$99,595
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
83
46,344 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ITALY ISD
- STAFFORD ELElementary · 314 students
- ELLIS CO JJAEPElementary
Nearby schools
- STAFFORD EL0.7 mi · 314
- AVALON SCHOOL5.4 mi · 347
- MILFORD SCHOOL6.0 mi · 258
- FROST SECONDARY8.0 mi · 215
- FROST EL8.0 mi · 247
- BLOOMING GROVE EL10.8 mi · 449
Frequently asked questions
About ITALY H SHow many students attend ITALY H S?
ITALY H S enrolls approximately 283 students in grades 07-12.
Is ITALY H S an elementary, middle, or high school?
ITALY H S is a high school covering grades 07-12.
How many students per teacher at ITALY H S?
Approximately 10.9:1 students per teacher at ITALY H S.
What is the racial breakdown of students at ITALY H S?
At ITALY H S, the student body is approximately 51% White, 35% Hispanic, 11% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is ITALY H S public or private?
ITALY H S is a public K-12 school, overseen by ITALY ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.