LA MARQUE H S

Located at 397 DUROUX, in LA MARQUE, Texas, LA MARQUE H S is an average-sized 9-12 campus that hosts 737 students (grades 9 through 12), part of TEXAS CITY ISD.

LA MARQUE H S is one of 15 schools operated by TEXAS CITY ISD, a district that hosts 7,711 students overall.

In terms of who attends, LA MARQUE H S reports that 54% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 36% Hispanic, 7% White, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 12% Black, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Black than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 58 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 12.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Galveston County's rate of about 57%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, LA MARQUE H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 35.3%, the actual is 29.6%, a residual of -5.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Galveston County shows median household earnings sit near $86,105, 35% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Galveston County runs 95 public schools (combined enrollment of about 62,767 students), of which LA MARQUE H S is one.

Nearest neighbor: IGNITE COMMUNITY SCHOOL - MAINLAND, around 0.4 miles off. 8 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), LA MARQUE H S ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 25.3%.

The campus sits in a suburban setting.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LA MARQUE H S has edged up 11%, going from 665 students in 2018 to 737 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share increased from 20% to 36%.

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