LOUISE H S

LOUISE H S is one of the very small 9-12 campuss in LOUISE, Texas, one of the schools within LOUISE ISD, with 153 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 81% below the state mean of about 796.

LOUISE H S is one of 3 schools operated by LOUISE ISD, a district that instructs 535 students overall.

On the student-mix side, LOUISE H S shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 40% White, 6% Black. By comparison, Wharton County as a whole is about 42% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school lists 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 9.4:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 61% of students at LOUISE H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), LOUISE H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.3%, the actual is 50.9%, a residual of +3.5 points.

Around the school, census data for Wharton County shows the typical household earns roughly $66,924 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Wharton County's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,729 students), LOUISE H S is one campus in the mix.

LOUISE EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LOUISE H S at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 44.6%.

The school occupies a low-density site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 153 students in 2018 compared to 153 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.