LATEXO H S

As an one-room-style 9-12 campus in LATEXO, Texas, LATEXO H S serves 210 students from grades 7 through 12, overseen by LATEXO ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 74% smaller than the state mean of about 796.

LATEXO H S is one of 2 schools operated by LATEXO ISD, a district that hosts 550 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, LATEXO H S logs that the largest single group is White, at 72% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school logs 21% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 61% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, LATEXO H S records 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 46% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Houston County's rate of about 66%.

After controlling for student poverty, LATEXO H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.9%, the actual is 55.6%, a residual of +1.7 points.

Zooming out to the county, Houston County reports that the typical household earns roughly $56,531 per year, roughly 15% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. In all, Houston County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,141 students), of which LATEXO H S is one.

The closest other public school is LATEXO EL, roughly 0.1 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LATEXO H S at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 32.8%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 4%: 218 students in 2018 compared to 210 in 2025. The White share of enrollment ticked down from 85% to 72% over that span.

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