RUNGE H S

RUNGE H S is one of the minimally staffed high schools in RUNGE, Texas, operated by RUNGE ISD, with 60 students on its rolls from grades 7 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so RUNGE H S sits 92% smaller than that benchmark.

RUNGE ISD comprises 2 schools with combined enrollment of 162 students; RUNGE H S is among them.

In terms of who attends, RUNGE H S logs that the student body is overwhelmingly Hispanic (88%). Other groups include 12% White. By comparison, Karnes County as a whole is about 53% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 6.1:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting RUNGE H S tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 73% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Karnes County (around 62%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, RUNGE H S is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 41.9%; RUNGE H S posts 19.6%, -22.3 points below that line.

In the broader community, census data for Karnes County shows median household income runs about $60,214, about 14% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 14%. RUNGE H S is one of 15 public schools in Karnes County (combined enrollment of about 2,456 students).

Nearest neighbor: RUNGE EL, around 0.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 5 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. On composite proficiency, RUNGE H S comes 7th of 8 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 35.0%.

The campus sits in a countryside setting.

Over the past 7-year window. RUNGE H S's enrollment has ticked down 59% since 2018, when it stood at 145 (now 60). Class-load math has fell: from 9.5:1 in 2018 to 6.1:1 in 2025.

Inside the community feed, members of the RUNGE H S community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.