LA VEGA H S

LA VEGA H S is one of the mid-sized secondary schools in WACO, Texas, part of LA VEGA ISD, with 881 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12.

LA VEGA ISD comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 3,093 students; LA VEGA H S is among them.

Looking at the student body, LA VEGA H S records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 59% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 27% Black, 11% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, McLennan County as a whole is about 27% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, LA VEGA H S reports 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 88% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against McLennan County (around 62%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

With demographic context factored in, LA VEGA 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 38.3%, a residual of +2.9 points.

In the surrounding community, McLennan County reports that the typical household earns roughly $66,643 per year, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. LA VEGA H S is one of 124 public schools in McLennan County (combined enrollment of about 45,703 students).

LA VEGA EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.6 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LA VEGA H S ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 26.1%.

LA VEGA H S operates from a bedroom-community location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count showed little movement: 865 students in 2018 compared to 881 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 50% to 59% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for LA VEGA H S typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.