MT ENTERPRISE H S

Located at 301 NW 3RD ST, in MT ENTERPRISE, Texas, MT ENTERPRISE H S is a very small senior high that educates 249 students (grades 6 through 12), one of the schools within MOUNT ENTERPRISE ISD. That puts it 69% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

Across the 2 schools in MOUNT ENTERPRISE ISD (501 students total), MT ENTERPRISE H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On the student-mix side, MT ENTERPRISE H S lists that the largest single group is White, at 75% of enrollment; the rest consists of 10% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% multiracial, 2% Asian. By comparison, Rusk County as a whole is about 66% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 55% of students at MT ENTERPRISE H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Rusk County runs at roughly 66%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, MT ENTERPRISE H S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 50.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 48.4%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Rusk County indicate the typical household earns roughly $68,658 per year, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. MT ENTERPRISE H S is one of 29 public schools in Rusk County (combined enrollment of about 10,350 students).

Nearest neighbor: MT ENTERPRISE EL, around 0.0 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. On composite proficiency, MT ENTERPRISE H S comes 5th of 9 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 50.4%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Five-year trend. MT ENTERPRISE H S's enrollment has increased 16% since 2018, when it stood at 215 (now 249). Black enrollment moved from 13% to 7% across the same window.

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