PEWITT H S

As an one-room-style high school in OMAHA, Texas, PEWITT H S caters to 262 students from grades 9 through 12, overseen by PEWITT CISD. Enrollment runs roughly 67% smaller than the state mean of about 796.

PEWITT CISD comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 853 students; PEWITT H S is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, PEWITT H S logs that the largest single group is White, at 61% of enrollment; the rest reads as 17% Hispanic, 13% Black, 7% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.

On the resource side, The school reports having 25 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is south of Morris County's rate of about 72%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PEWITT H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.0%; this one delivers 51.4%.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Morris County indicate median household income runs about $58,645, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 15% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Morris County runs 7 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,879 students), of which PEWITT H S is one.

PEWITT J H 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 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PEWITT H S ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 49.2%.

PEWITT H S operates from a rural location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 8%: 242 students in 2018 compared to 262 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 67% to 61% across the same window.

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