LIBERTY-EYLAU H S

As a small senior high in TEXARKANA, Texas, LIBERTY-EYLAU H S educates 543 students from grades 9 through 12, overseen by LIBERTY-EYLAU ISD. That puts it 32% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

Across the 4 schools in LIBERTY-EYLAU ISD (1,937 students total), LIBERTY-EYLAU H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, LIBERTY-EYLAU H S logs that 61% of the student body identifies as Black. The remainder is composed of 26% White, 7% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Bowie County as a whole is about 25% Black, so the school skews visibly more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, LIBERTY-EYLAU H S lists 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting LIBERTY-EYLAU H S tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 82% of students at LIBERTY-EYLAU H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is higher than Bowie County's rate of about 68%.

With demographic context factored in, LIBERTY-EYLAU H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.9%; this one delivers 39.6%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Bowie County put the typical household earns roughly $59,803 per year, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Bowie County's 46 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,523 students), LIBERTY-EYLAU H S is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: LIBERTY-EYLAU EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER, around 1.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 5 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LIBERTY-EYLAU H S ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 26.2%.

The school occupies a city-core site.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LIBERTY-EYLAU H S has shrank 21%, going from 689 students in 2018 to 543 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 38% to 26% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 10.2:1 in 2018 to 8.4:1 today.

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