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NEEDVILLE H S
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About NEEDVILLE H S
NEEDVILLE H S operates as a mid-tier secondary school in NEEDVILLE, Texas, one of the schools within NEEDVILLE ISD. Current enrollment sits at 1,111 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 40% larger than typical.
NEEDVILLE ISD comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 3,650 students; NEEDVILLE H S is among them.
Looking at the student body, NEEDVILLE H S lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest is composed of 46% White, 3% Black. By comparison, Fort Bend County as a whole is about 25% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, NEEDVILLE H S lists 82 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.6:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 37% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), NEEDVILLE H S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 57.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 65.5%.
Zooming out to the county, Fort Bend County reports that median household earnings sit near $114,041, about 50% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Fort Bend County runs 217 public schools (combined enrollment of about 191,372 students), of which NEEDVILLE H S is one.
NEEDVILLE MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, NEEDVILLE H S comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 53.2%.
NEEDVILLE H S operates from an outlying location.
Looking at the recent track record. NEEDVILLE H S's enrollment has edged up 6% since 2018, when it stood at 1,044 (now 1,111). Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 52% to 46%.
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