PLAINVIEW H S

As a substantial high school in PLAINVIEW, Texas, PLAINVIEW H S enrolls 1,418 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within PLAINVIEW ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so PLAINVIEW H S sits 78% larger than that benchmark.

Within PLAINVIEW ISD, which oversees 7 schools and 4,077 students, PLAINVIEW H S is one campus in the system.

On demographics, PLAINVIEW H S logs that nearly all students (83%) are Hispanic; the rest looks like 12% White, 3% Black. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 61%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, PLAINVIEW H S has 113 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 73% of students at PLAINVIEW H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, PLAINVIEW H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.0%; this one delivers 48.5%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Hale County) records that median household income runs about $51,897, about 15% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 16%. Across Hale County's 24 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,064 students), PLAINVIEW H S is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is PLAINVIEW J H, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts PLAINVIEW H S at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 35.3%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Five-year trend. PLAINVIEW H S's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 1,388 (now 1,418). Hispanic enrollment moved from 75% to 83% across the same window. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.4:1 in 2018 to 12.5:1 in 2025.

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