MEDINA VALLEY H S

MEDINA VALLEY H S, a large four-year high school in CASTROVILLE, Texas, part of MEDINA VALLEY ISD, educates 2,626 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 230% above the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

MEDINA VALLEY H S is one of 9 schools operated by MEDINA VALLEY ISD, a district that enrolls 9,638 students overall.

In terms of who attends, MEDINA VALLEY H S shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 63% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 24% White, 7% Black, 4% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 52% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the resource side, On paper, MEDINA VALLEY H S has 143 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 18.4:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 50% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MEDINA VALLEY H S sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 52.2%; actual is 68.4%, +16.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Medina County) shows that median household earnings sit near $78,074, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. MEDINA VALLEY H S is one of 24 public schools in Medina County (combined enrollment of about 13,127 students).

Nearest neighbor: MEDINA VALLEY MIDDLE, around 0.4 miles off. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, MEDINA VALLEY H S comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 49.7%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MEDINA VALLEY H S has ticked up 84%, going from 1,429 students in 2018 to 2,626 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 35% to 24%. Class-load math has rose: from 17.1:1 in 2018 to 18.4:1 in 2025.

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