PETROLIA JUNIOR HIGH/HIGH SCHOOL

PETROLIA JUNIOR HIGH/HIGH SCHOOL operates as a minimally staffed senior high in PETROLIA, Texas, part of PETROLIA CISD. Current enrollment sits at 233 students spanning grades 7 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so PETROLIA JUNIOR HIGH/HIGH SCHOOL sits 71% smaller than that benchmark.

PETROLIA CISD runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 510 students. PETROLIA JUNIOR HIGH/HIGH SCHOOL is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PETROLIA JUNIOR HIGH/HIGH SCHOOL logs that White students make up the majority at 78%. The remainder is composed of 12% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 90% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully less White than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, PETROLIA JUNIOR HIGH/HIGH SCHOOL has 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 65% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Clay County (around 52%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PETROLIA JUNIOR HIGH/HIGH SCHOOL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.6%, the actual is 51.9%, a residual of +6.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Clay County put median household income runs about $80,114, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. PETROLIA JUNIOR HIGH/HIGH SCHOOL is one of 7 public schools in Clay County (combined enrollment of about 1,767 students).

The closest other public school is PETROLIA EL, roughly 1.1 miles away. On composite proficiency, PETROLIA JUNIOR HIGH/HIGH SCHOOL comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 46.6%.

Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.

Over the past 7-year window. PETROLIA JUNIOR HIGH/HIGH SCHOOL's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 234 (now 233). Over the same period, the White share edged down from 84% to 78%.

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