ROUND TOP-CARMINE H S

ROUND TOP-CARMINE H S operates as a very small secondary school in CARMINE, Texas, part of ROUND TOP-CARMINE ISD. Current enrollment sits at 114 students spanning grades 7 through 12. That puts it 86% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

ROUND TOP-CARMINE ISD comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 235 students; ROUND TOP-CARMINE H S is among them.

On the student-mix side, ROUND TOP-CARMINE H S records that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 24% Hispanic, 4% multiracial.

In terms of school funding signals, ROUND TOP-CARMINE H S reports 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.5:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 28% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Fayette County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, ROUND TOP-CARMINE H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.6%, the actual is 75.4%, a residual of +13.8 points.

In the surrounding community, Fayette County reports that the typical household earns roughly $75,854 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Fayette County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,755 students), ROUND TOP-CARMINE H S is one campus in the mix.

ROUND TOP-CARMINE EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.0 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ROUND TOP-CARMINE H S ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 54.9%.

ROUND TOP-CARMINE H S operates from a countryside location.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 4%: 110 students in 2018 compared to 114 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 16% to 24% across the same window.

In the discussion threads here, the feed for ROUND TOP-CARMINE H S typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.