SALADO H S

Set in SALADO, Texas, SALADO H S is an average-sized senior high, one of the schools within SALADO ISD. It works with 769 students across grades 9 through 12.

Across the 3 schools in SALADO ISD (2,429 students total), SALADO H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, SALADO H S logs that White students make up the majority at 68%. The remainder is composed of 26% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Bell County as a whole is about 49% White, so the school skews visibly more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, The school lists 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.7:1. That tracks the state average closely. Roughly 17% of students at SALADO H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Bell County's rate of about 57%.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, SALADO H S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 66.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 66.6%.

In the broader community, the surrounding county (Bell County) reports that median household income runs about $68,865, 27% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Bell County's 130 public schools (combined enrollment of about 71,041 students), SALADO H S is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is SALADO MIDDLE, roughly 0.5 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SALADO H S ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 35.5%.

The school occupies a small-town site.

Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SALADO H S has rose 37%, going from 563 students in 2018 to 769 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 75% to 68% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 13.0:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.

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