ORE CITY H S

ORE CITY H S is an one-room-style high school in ORE CITY, Texas, run under ORE CITY ISD. The school serves 220 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 72% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

Within ORE CITY ISD, which oversees 3 schools and 788 students, ORE CITY H S is one campus in the system.

In terms of who attends, ORE CITY H S logs that White students make up the majority at 65%. Beyond that, the school reports 26% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 3% Black. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 79%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, ORE CITY H S has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting ORE CITY H S tighter than the state norm the norm. About 61% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

After controlling for student poverty, ORE CITY H S sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 47.3%; actual is 63.3%, +16.0 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the surrounding community, Upshur County reports that the typical household earns roughly $66,208 per year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. ORE CITY H S is one of 25 public schools in Upshur County (combined enrollment of about 7,918 students).

ORE CITY MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ORE CITY H S ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 52.9%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ORE CITY H S has fell 21%, going from 277 students in 2018 to 220 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 11% to 26%. Class-load math has tightened: from 11.6:1 in 2018 to 9.2:1 in 2025.

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