POTEET H S

Set in POTEET, Texas, POTEET H S is a compact senior high, overseen by POTEET ISD. It hosts 481 students across grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 40% smaller than typical.

POTEET ISD runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,837 students. POTEET H S is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, POTEET H S lists that 88% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. The remainder looks like 10% White. The wider county runs roughly 65% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, POTEET H S has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 68% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, POTEET H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.0%, the actual is 38.6%, a residual of -5.4 points.

In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Atascosa County indicate the typical household earns roughly $70,770 per year, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 14%. POTEET H S is one of 32 public schools in Atascosa County (combined enrollment of about 8,105 students).

Nearest neighbor: POTEET J H, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, POTEET H S comes 2nd of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 34.9%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 6%: 512 students in 2018 compared to 481 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 14% to 10% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 11.9:1 today.

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