1
What's the one class at PECOS H S every student should take?
Community prompt from u/allk12. Replies below.
Enrollment
854
High
DISTRICT 730 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PECOS-BARSTOW-TOYAH ISD·NCES 483455003881
Pecos High School
1201 S PARK ST, PECOS, TX 79772 · (432) 447-7400 · Reeves County
GRADES 09–12HIGH33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL854 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 2% of Texas public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public high schools
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
70 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
58%
499 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 249 | 29% |
| Grade 10 | 234 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 202 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 169 | 20% |
Student demographics
16%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 16% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within PECOS-BARSTOW-TOYAH ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
37.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +29.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
20.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +20.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 37 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 20 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 29 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 20 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 4.0% | 33.0% | 25.0% | 38.0% |
| Mathematics | 4.0% | 16.0% | 48.0% | 32.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 37.0% | 20.0% |
| 2024-25 | 34.0% | 15.0% |
| 2023-24 | 34.0% | 14.0% |
| 2022-23 | 18.0% | 26.0% |
| 2021-22 | 13.0% | 21.0% |
| 2020-21 | 8.0% | 0.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
32.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 49% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Pecos High School
Pecos High School's state test result (32.3% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pecos High School this school | 854 | 58.4% | 32.3% |
| IDEA Edgemere College Preparatory EL PASO | 619 | 59.1% | 53.8% |
| South Texas ISD Medical Professions OLMITO | 820 | 65.4% | 65.1% |
| Sharyland High School MISSION | 1,527 | 55.6% | 64.3% |
| Del Rio Early College High School DEL RIO | 472 | 59.7% | 72.8% |
| El Paso High School EL PASO | 1,636 | 58.4% | 53.3% |
Matched among Texas high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Pecos High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.3% | #1,302 of 1,385 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 20.0% | #1,320 of 1,425 ▲ 24 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #1,292 of 1,425 ▼ 19 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.5pp | #941 of 1,184 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 854 | #654 of 2,107 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.2:1 | #305 of 1,344 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 15.9% | #1,138 of 1,346 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 58.4% | #843 of 1,522 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +26.9% | #152 of 672 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
854
+152 (+22%) vs 2020
-3% since 1990-91, when it was 877
Student : Teacher
12.2:1
was 11.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 854 | 70.2 | 12.2:1 | 58% (499) |
| 2023-24 | 818 | 62 | 13.2:1 | 57% (464) |
| 2022-23 | 766 | 52.4 | 14.6:1 | 54% (410) |
| 2020-21 | 702 | 59 | 11.9:1 | 53% (369) |
| 2017-18 | 673 | 47 | 14.3:1 | 51% (343) |
| 2015-16 | 625 | 53 | 11.8:1 | 68% (426) |
| 2010-11 | 629 | 59 | 10.7:1 | 68% (430) |
| 2000-01 | 832 | 61 | 13.6:1 | 53% (444) |
| 1990-91 | 877 | 62 | 14.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pecos High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 27% (673 to 854); teachers up 49% (47 to 70.2).
About Pecos High School
Students in PECOS, Texas, attend Pecos High School, a mid-sized high school. There are 854 students enrolled, covering grades 9 through 12.
Besides Pecos High School, PECOS-BARSTOW-TOYAH ISD runs 3 other schools. The district enrolls 2,919 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Pecos High School is Hispanic, at 92%. The school is also 4% White. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 16%.
Pecos High School reports a ratio of 12.2 students per teacher, from 70.2 full-time-equivalent teachers. Across high schools in Texas, the average ratio is 15.1:1. Lunch program data show 58% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price meals.
On the allk12 Grade, Pecos High School lands at F, ahead of 2% of Texas public high schools.
Pecos High School trails its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results by 16.4 points (32.3% versus 48.7%), a bottom-10% result in Texas on BeatsExpectations.
In Reeves County, home to about 12,664 people, the median household earns about $64,297 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 7% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 13%. Pecos High School shares Reeves County with 5 other public schools.
Crockett Middle School is about 0.4 miles away, making it the nearest public school. Pecos High School is one of several public schools in the area, with 3 others within five miles. Nearby schools with test data average 34.9% proficiency; Pecos High School posts 32.3%.
Federal records code the school's setting as Town: Remote.
Enrollment figures show a gain of 152 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
This community page is for conversations about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Reeves County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
12,664
Census ACS
Median income
$64,297
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
7%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
13%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
3,065 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PECOS-BARSTOW-TOYAH ISD
- Zavala Elementary SchoolElementary · 861 students
- Crockett Middle SchoolMiddle · 621 students
- Austin Elementary SchoolElementary · 583 students
- Austin Elementary SchoolCombined
Other schools in PECOS
- Zavala Elementary SchoolElementary · 861 students
- Crockett Middle SchoolMiddle · 621 students
- Austin Elementary SchoolElementary · 583 students
- Austin Elementary SchoolCombined
Other Pecos High schools
One other US public school is named Pecos High. Pecos High School is the largest of the 2.
- PECOS HIGHPECOS, NM · 130 students
Nearby schools
- Crockett Middle School0.4 mi · 621
- Austin Elementary School0.6 mi · 583
- Zavala Elementary School1.1 mi · 861
- Wink Elementary School31.4 mi · 227
- Wink High School31.4 mi · 211
- Balmorhea ISD Educational Community33.5 mi · 146
Frequently asked questions
About Pecos High SchoolHow large is Pecos High School?
Pecos High School enrolls approximately 854 students in grades 09-12.
Is Pecos High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pecos High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Pecos High School have?
Pecos High School employs 70 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.2:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pecos High School?
At Pecos High School, the student body is approximately 4% White, 92% Hispanic, 1% Black, 2% Asian, 0% Two or more.
What district is Pecos High School in?
Pecos High School is part of PECOS-BARSTOW-TOYAH ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.