PITTSBURG H S

Set in PITTSBURG, Texas, PITTSBURG H S is a compact four-year high school, operated by PITTSBURG ISD. It serves 671 students across grades 9 through 12.

PITTSBURG H S is one of 5 schools operated by PITTSBURG ISD, a district that serves 2,245 students overall.

On demographics, PITTSBURG H S records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (47%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups; the rest looks like 34% White, 16% Black, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 27%.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 64 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 10.4:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting PITTSBURG H S tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 75% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), PITTSBURG H S ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 41.3%; PITTSBURG H S posts 59.8%, +18.5 points above that line.

In the area at large, ACS estimates for Camp County put the typical household earns roughly $58,843 per year, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Camp County runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,245 students), of which PITTSBURG H S is one.

PITTSBURG J H is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around PITTSBURG H S. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PITTSBURG H S ranks 4th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 55.4%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 4%: 647 students in 2018 compared to 671 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 39% to 47% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 9.2:1 in 2018 to 10.4:1 today.

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