MERIDIAN H S

MERIDIAN H S operates as an one-room-style four-year high school in MERIDIAN, Texas, run under MERIDIAN ISD. Current enrollment sits at 212 students spanning grades 6 through 12. That puts it 73% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

MERIDIAN ISD runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 382 students. MERIDIAN H S is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, MERIDIAN H S lists that White students make up the majority at 60%. Other groups include 33% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Bosque County as a whole is about 77% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 72% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, MERIDIAN H S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 42.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 32.5%.

In the area at large, Bosque County reports that the typical household earns roughly $68,914 per year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Bosque County runs 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,462 students), of which MERIDIAN H S is one.

MERIDIAN EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MERIDIAN H S ranks 6th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 38.7%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at MERIDIAN H S has decreased 14%, going from 247 students in 2018 to 212 in 2025.

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