RISING STAR H S

RISING STAR H S operates as a tiny high school in RISING STAR, Texas, operated by RISING STAR ISD. Current enrollment sits at 93 students spanning grades 6 through 12. That puts it 88% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

RISING STAR ISD comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 181 students; RISING STAR H S is among them.

On the student-mix side, RISING STAR H S reports that White students make up the majority at 76%. Beyond that, the school reports 20% Hispanic, 3% multiracial.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 8.3:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 56% of students at RISING STAR H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

With demographic context factored in, RISING STAR 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 38.4%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Eastland County indicate median household income runs about $53,549, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Eastland County's 16 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,515 students), RISING STAR H S is one campus in the mix.

RISING STAR EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Within ten miles, there are 3 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts RISING STAR H S at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 44.4%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Five-year trend. RISING STAR H S's enrollment has increased 35% since 2018, when it stood at 69 (now 93). The White share of enrollment shrank from 90% to 76% over that span.

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