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KILLEEN H S
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About KILLEEN H S
KILLEEN H S is one of the sprawling four-year high schools in KILLEEN, Texas, run under KILLEEN ISD, with 2,083 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 162% larger than typical.
KILLEEN H S is one of 55 schools operated by KILLEEN ISD, a district that works with 42,883 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, KILLEEN H S logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 42%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 35% Black, 10% White, 8% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 26% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 119 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.5:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 74% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Bell County (around 57%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, KILLEEN H S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 41.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 39.9%.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Bell County) records that median household income runs about $68,865, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Bell County runs 130 public schools (combined enrollment of about 71,041 students), of which KILLEEN H S is one.
Nearest neighbor: GATEWAY H S, around 1.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, KILLEEN H S comes 1st of 4 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 30.1%.
KILLEEN H S operates from an inner-city location.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count shrank 12%: 2,362 students in 2018 compared to 2,083 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 32% to 42%.
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