REDWATER H S

REDWATER H S is one of the close-knit secondary schools in REDWATER, Texas, one of the schools within REDWATER ISD, with 357 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 55% leaner than the state mean of about 796.

Across the 4 schools in REDWATER ISD (1,103 students total), REDWATER H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, REDWATER H S records that the student body is overwhelmingly White (90%); the rest looks like 3% Black, 3% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Bowie County as a whole is about 64% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 35% of students at REDWATER H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Bowie County's rate of about 68%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), REDWATER H S ranks in the top 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model, a per-state regression of composite proficiency on FRL share, predicts schools with this student profile to land around 58.5%; REDWATER H S posts 74.0%, +15.5 points above that line.

In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Bowie County put median household income runs about $59,803, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. In all, Bowie County runs 46 public schools (combined enrollment of about 17,523 students), of which REDWATER H S is one.

Nearest neighbor: REDWATER J H, around 0.0 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts REDWATER H S at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 49.8%.

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

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at REDWATER H S has ticked up 5%, going from 341 students in 2018 to 357 in 2025.

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