SABINE H S

SABINE H S is a four-year high school of intimate scale in GLADEWATER, Texas, one of the schools within SABINE ISD, hosting 456 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 43% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

SABINE ISD runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,583 students. SABINE H S is one of those campuses.

On demographics, SABINE H S shows that White students make up the majority at 68%; the rest looks like 24% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Gregg County as a whole is about 58% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, SABINE H S has 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 11.5:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Gregg County runs at roughly 68%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, SABINE H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 55.2%, the actual is 61.0%, a residual of +5.8 points.

In the broader community, Gregg County reports that median household income runs about $66,550, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 12%. Across Gregg County's 46 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,498 students), SABINE H S is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: SABINE MIDDLE, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around SABINE H S. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SABINE H S ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 42.0%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Five-year trend. SABINE H S's enrollment has climbed 8% since 2018, when it stood at 423 (now 456). The Hispanic share of enrollment grew from 19% to 24% over that span.

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