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POTTSBORO H S
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About POTTSBORO H S
POTTSBORO H S operates as a modestly sized secondary school in POTTSBORO, Texas, one of the schools within POTTSBORO ISD. Current enrollment sits at 460 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 42% smaller than typical.
POTTSBORO ISD comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,453 students; POTTSBORO H S is among them.
Demographically, POTTSBORO H S logs that 80% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 10% Hispanic, 7% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Grayson County as a whole.
Looking at school resources, The school employs 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 32% of students at POTTSBORO H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is noticeably below Grayson County's rate of about 53%.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), POTTSBORO H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.7%; this one delivers 67.9%.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Grayson County indicate median household income runs about $72,182, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Grayson County runs 68 public schools (combined enrollment of about 25,915 students), of which POTTSBORO H S is one.
The closest other public school is POTTSBORO EL, roughly 0.5 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius.
POTTSBORO H S operates from a rural location.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 7%: 429 students in 2018 compared to 460 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 86% to 80% across the same window.
In the discussion threads here, the feed for POTTSBORO H S typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Grayson County at a glance
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