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RAINS H S
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About RAINS H S
RAINS H S is a secondary school of intimate scale in EMORY, Texas, operated by RAINS ISD, instructing 531 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so RAINS H S sits 33% smaller than that benchmark.
Across the 4 schools in RAINS ISD (1,712 students total), RAINS H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
For racial and ethnic makeup, RAINS H S lists that the largest single group is White, at 71% of enrollment. The remainder consists of 21% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Rains County as a whole is about 84% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, RAINS H S logs 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.2:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 56% of students at RAINS H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
With demographic context factored in, RAINS H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.5%; this one delivers 55.8%.
In the broader community, Rains County reports that the typical household earns roughly $65,413 per year, about 21% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. RAINS H S is one of 4 public schools in Rains County (combined enrollment of about 1,712 students).
RAINS J H is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts RAINS H S at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 44.8%.
The school occupies a small-town site.
Five-year trend. RAINS H S's enrollment has expanded 11% since 2018, when it stood at 479 (now 531). White enrollment moved from 78% to 71% across the same window.
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