PALACIOS JUNIOR SENIOR H S

PALACIOS JUNIOR SENIOR H S operates as a cozy four-year high school in PALACIOS, Texas, overseen by PALACIOS ISD. Current enrollment sits at 655 students spanning grades 6 through 12.

PALACIOS JUNIOR SENIOR H S is one of 3 schools operated by PALACIOS ISD, a district that enrolls 1,513 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PALACIOS JUNIOR SENIOR H S lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 69% of enrollment. The remainder is composed of 22% White, 6% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 44% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.2:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 70% of students at PALACIOS JUNIOR SENIOR H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, PALACIOS JUNIOR SENIOR H S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 43.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 46.4%.

Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Matagorda County put median household earnings sit near $58,628, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 17%. In all, Matagorda County runs 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,199 students), of which PALACIOS JUNIOR SENIOR H S is one.

PALACIOS EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, PALACIOS JUNIOR SENIOR H S comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, behind the nearby-schools average of 60.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a rural area.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at PALACIOS JUNIOR SENIOR H S has increased 59%, going from 413 students in 2018 to 655 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 63% to 69%.

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