ROYAL H S

Located at 34499 ROYAL RD, in BROOKSHIRE, Texas, ROYAL H S is a mid-sized senior high that caters to 968 students (grades 9 through 12), part of ROYAL ISD. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 22% larger than typical.

Across the 4 schools in ROYAL ISD (2,884 students total), ROYAL H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Demographically, ROYAL H S records that 72% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest looks like 18% Black, 7% White, 2% multiracial. By comparison, Waller County as a whole is about 34% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, ROYAL H S has 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.1:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 63% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, ROYAL H S falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 46.5%; this one comes in at 26.9%, -19.7 points off the demographic line.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Waller County) records that the typical household earns roughly $80,397 per year, about 28% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. ROYAL H S is one of 19 public schools in Waller County (combined enrollment of about 10,294 students).

ROYAL EARLY CHILDHOOD CENTER is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, ROYAL H S comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 49.6%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ROYAL H S has ticked up 51%, going from 642 students in 2018 to 968 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share decreased from 11% to 7%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.

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