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NEW BRAUNFELS H S
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 21 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 5 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About NEW BRAUNFELS H S
NEW BRAUNFELS H S is a senior high of large scale in NEW BRAUNFELS, Texas, operated by NEW BRAUNFELS ISD, hosting 1,990 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 150% larger than typical.
Within NEW BRAUNFELS ISD, which oversees 15 schools and 9,893 students, NEW BRAUNFELS H S is one campus in the system.
For racial and ethnic makeup, NEW BRAUNFELS H S records that the most-represented group is White (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 44% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Comal County as a whole is about 71% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, NEW BRAUNFELS H S records 111 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.9:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 26% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
With demographic context factored in, NEW BRAUNFELS H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 62.4%, the actual is 52.0%, a residual of -10.4 points.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Comal County) shows that median household income runs about $101,889, 43% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 4% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Comal County runs 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,653 students), of which NEW BRAUNFELS H S is one.
Nearest neighbor: SEELE EL, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around NEW BRAUNFELS H S. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts NEW BRAUNFELS H S at 7th of 8; the average score across the group is 61.9%.
NEW BRAUNFELS H S operates from an inner-city location.
Looking at the recent track record. NEW BRAUNFELS H S's enrollment has rose 10% since 2018, when it stood at 1,813 (now 1,990).
Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Comal County at a glance
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