MONTE ALTO H S

As a rural-scale 9-12 campus in MONTE ALTO, Texas, MONTE ALTO H S educates 255 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within MONTE ALTO ISD. That puts it 68% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

MONTE ALTO H S is one of 3 schools operated by MONTE ALTO ISD, a district that hosts 819 students overall.

On the student-mix side, MONTE ALTO H S logs that 98% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority.

On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 22 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting MONTE ALTO H S tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 75% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Hidalgo County's rate of about 85%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MONTE ALTO H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 41.2%; this one delivers 37.4%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Hidalgo County indicate median household earnings sit near $54,338, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 23%. Across Hidalgo County's 364 public schools (combined enrollment of about 212,859 students), MONTE ALTO H S is one campus in the mix.

JOSE BORREGO MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 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 MONTE ALTO H S at 1st of 7; the average score across the group is 28.1%.

The school occupies a rural site.

Trend over the last 7 years. MONTE ALTO H S's enrollment has contracted 6% since 2018, when it stood at 272 (now 255).

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