LAPOYNOR H S

LAPOYNOR H S operates as a minimally staffed senior high in LARUE, Texas, part of LAPOYNOR ISD. Current enrollment sits at 167 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so LAPOYNOR H S sits 79% smaller than that benchmark.

Across the 3 schools in LAPOYNOR ISD (479 students total), LAPOYNOR H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, LAPOYNOR H S logs that nearly all students (83%) are White. The remainder breaks down as 10% Hispanic, 7% Black.

On the resource side, LAPOYNOR H S records 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 48% of students at LAPOYNOR H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Henderson County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, LAPOYNOR H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.0%, the actual is 53.6%, a residual of +0.7 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Henderson County indicate median household earnings sit near $65,179, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. LAPOYNOR H S is one of 32 public schools in Henderson County (combined enrollment of about 11,150 students).

Nearest neighbor: LAPOYNOR EL, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LAPOYNOR H S at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 47.3%.

LAPOYNOR H S operates from a small-town location.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 64%: 102 students in 2018 compared to 167 in 2025. The Black share of enrollment contracted from 15% to 7% over that span. Class-load math has tightened: from 9.7:1 in 2018 to 8.1:1 in 2025.

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