Enrollment
259
High
DISTRICT 289 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·QUEEN CITY ISD·NCES 483621004071
QUEEN CITY H S
905 HOUSTON ST, QUEEN CITY, TX 75572 · (903) 796-8259 · Cass County
GRADES 09–12HIGH32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL259 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
7.7:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
146 students
DISTRICT 64% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade
Student demographics
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within QUEEN CITY ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
63.0%
TX avg 51.8%
Mathematics
31.0%
TX avg 42.0%
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
54.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
259
-55 (-18%) vs 2017
Student : Teacher
7.7:1
was 10.8:1
% White
73%
was 78%
% Hispanic
6%
was 4%
% Black
15%
was 14%
% Asian
0%
was 1%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
About QUEEN CITY H S
QUEEN CITY H S is a four-year high school of very small scale in QUEEN CITY, Texas, overseen by QUEEN CITY ISD, instructing 259 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so QUEEN CITY H S sits 67% below that benchmark.
QUEEN CITY ISD runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 867 students. QUEEN CITY H S is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, QUEEN CITY H S logs that 73% of the student body identifies as White; the rest is composed of 15% Black, 6% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Cass County as a whole.
On the income-and-resources front, QUEEN CITY H S logs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 7.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting QUEEN CITY H S tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 56% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, QUEEN CITY H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.3%; this one delivers 54.9%.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Cass County) shows that the typical household earns roughly $53,813 per year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Cass County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,268 students), of which QUEEN CITY H S is one.
The closest other public school is J K HILEMAN EL, roughly 0.4 miles away. 7 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, QUEEN CITY H S comes 3rd of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 50.0%.
The school occupies a small-town site.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at QUEEN CITY H S has fell 18%, going from 314 students in 2018 to 259 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 78% to 73% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 10.8:1 in 2018 to 7.7:1 today.
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Cass County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
28,568
Census ACS
Median income
$53,813
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
19
5,268 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in QUEEN CITY ISD
- J K HILEMAN ELElementary · 341 students
- MORRIS UPCHURCH MIDDLEMiddle · 267 students
Other schools in QUEEN CITY
- J K HILEMAN ELElementary · 341 students
- MORRIS UPCHURCH MIDDLEMiddle · 267 students
Nearby schools
- J K HILEMAN EL0.4 mi · 341
- MORRIS UPCHURCH MIDDLE0.6 mi · 267
- ATLANTA H S2.0 mi · 511
- ATLANTA PRI2.2 mi · 544
- ATLANTA EL2.3 mi · 447
- ATLANTA MIDDLE3.8 mi · 427
Frequently asked questions
About QUEEN CITY H SWhat is the total enrollment at QUEEN CITY H S?
QUEEN CITY H S enrolls approximately 259 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does QUEEN CITY H S serve?
QUEEN CITY H S serves grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at QUEEN CITY H S?
Approximately 7.7:1 students per teacher at QUEEN CITY H S.
How diverse is QUEEN CITY H S?
QUEEN CITY H S reports a student body of 73% White, 6% Hispanic, 15% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is QUEEN CITY H S in?
QUEEN CITY H S is part of QUEEN CITY ISD.
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