MAYPEARL H S

MAYPEARL H S, a modestly sized 9-12 campus in MAYPEARL, Texas, part of MAYPEARL ISD, hosts 373 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 53% leaner than typical.

MAYPEARL H S is one of 4 schools operated by MAYPEARL ISD, a district that works with 1,209 students overall.

Demographically, MAYPEARL H S lists that the largest single group is White, at 68% of enrollment. Other groups include 25% Hispanic, 5% multiracial.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school employs 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 29% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Ellis County runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MAYPEARL H S falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 61.2%; this one comes in at 42.9%, -18.4 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Ellis County indicate median household income runs about $99,595, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Ellis County's 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,344 students), MAYPEARL H S is one campus in the mix.

MAYPEARL PRI is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around MAYPEARL H S. On composite proficiency, MAYPEARL H S comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 40.0%.

MAYPEARL H S operates from an outlying location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count held roughly steady: 374 students in 2018 compared to 373 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 78% to 68%. Class-load math has fell: from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 11.6:1 in 2025.

In the discussion threads here, posts here usually surface around pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.