KILGORE H S

KILGORE H S, a reasonably sized four-year high school in KILGORE, Texas, one of the schools within KILGORE ISD, enrolls 1,167 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 47% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

KILGORE ISD runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 3,660 students. KILGORE H S is one of those campuses.

Demographically, KILGORE H S lists that 43% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school records 39% Hispanic, 12% Black, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Gregg County as a whole is about 58% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 81 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting KILGORE H S tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 69% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, KILGORE H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.9%, the actual is 49.0%, a residual of +5.1 points.

In the area at large, census data for Gregg County shows median household income runs about $66,550, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. KILGORE H S is one of 46 public schools in Gregg County (combined enrollment of about 20,498 students).

KILGORE INT is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.8 miles from this campus. 5 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), KILGORE H S ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 45.7%.

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

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 4%: 1,119 students in 2018 compared to 1,167 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 31% to 39% across the same window. Class-load math has rose: from 13.3:1 in 2018 to 14.4:1 in 2025.

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