NEW BOSTON H S

Located at # 1 LION DR, in NEW BOSTON, Texas, NEW BOSTON H S is a tight-knit senior high that hosts 324 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within NEW BOSTON ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so NEW BOSTON H S sits 59% below that benchmark.

Across the 3 schools in NEW BOSTON ISD (1,108 students total), NEW BOSTON H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

For racial and ethnic makeup, NEW BOSTON H S reports that 58% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 23% Black, 10% multiracial, 8% Hispanic.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 36 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting NEW BOSTON H S tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 72% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, NEW BOSTON H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 42.5%, the actual is 52.4%, a residual of +9.9 points.

In the area at large, Bowie County reports that median household income runs about $59,803, roughly 24% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Bowie County's 46 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,523 students), NEW BOSTON H S is one campus in the mix.

CRESTVIEW EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.1 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 NEW BOSTON H S at 4th of 9; the average score across the group is 49.8%.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 20%: 404 students in 2018 compared to 324 in 2025. The White share of enrollment edged down from 67% to 58% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 10.1:1 in 2018 to 9.1:1 today.

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