LIFE H S WAXAHACHIE

LIFE H S WAXAHACHIE is a mid-sized senior high in WAXAHACHIE, Texas, operated by LIFE SCHOOL. The school instructs 1,114 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so LIFE H S WAXAHACHIE sits 40% above that benchmark.

LIFE SCHOOL runs 8 schools in total, collectively educating 5,735 students. LIFE H S WAXAHACHIE is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, LIFE H S WAXAHACHIE records that the most-represented group is Black (43%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 38% Hispanic, 15% White, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Ellis County as a whole is about 15% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

On the resource side, On paper, LIFE H S WAXAHACHIE has 62 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 17.9:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 52% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

After controlling for student poverty, LIFE H S WAXAHACHIE tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.1% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 54.0%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Ellis County indicate the typical household earns roughly $99,595 per year, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Ellis County runs 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,344 students), of which LIFE H S WAXAHACHIE is one.

LIFE MIDDLE WAXAHACHIE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around LIFE H S WAXAHACHIE. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LIFE H S WAXAHACHIE at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 42.1%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting. LIFE H S WAXAHACHIE operates as a public charter school, meaning it is publicly funded but governed independently of the surrounding district's traditional schools.

Looking at the recent track record. LIFE H S WAXAHACHIE's enrollment has expanded 20% since 2018, when it stood at 931 (now 1,114). The White share of enrollment shrank from 28% to 15% over that span. Class-load math has grew: from 14.5:1 in 2018 to 17.9:1 in 2025.

On the community side, members of the LIFE H S WAXAHACHIE community share and discuss open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.