MEMORIAL EARLY COLLEGE H S

MEMORIAL EARLY COLLEGE H S operates as a rural-scale senior high in NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas, run under COMAL ISD. Current enrollment sits at 291 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 63% leaner than typical.

COMAL ISD runs 37 schools in total, collectively educating 29,839 students. MEMORIAL EARLY COLLEGE H S is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, MEMORIAL EARLY COLLEGE H S reports that 49% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder consists of 38% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, 4% Asian, 3% Black. By comparison, Comal County as a whole is about 71% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school reports having 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting MEMORIAL EARLY COLLEGE H S tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 27% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

With demographic context factored in, MEMORIAL EARLY COLLEGE H S ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 62.0%; MEMORIAL EARLY COLLEGE H S posts 93.0%, +31.0 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, census data for Comal County shows the typical household earns roughly $101,889 per year, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. Across Comal County's 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,653 students), MEMORIAL EARLY COLLEGE H S is one campus in the mix.

COMAL ACADEMY is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, MEMORIAL EARLY COLLEGE H S comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 53.1%.

MEMORIAL EARLY COLLEGE H S operates from a downtown location.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MEMORIAL EARLY COLLEGE H S has shrank 10%, going from 324 students in 2018 to 291 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 57% to 49%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 16.5:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.