SANTA FE H S

Located at 16000 HWY 6, in SANTA FE, Texas, SANTA FE H S is a sprawling 9-12 campus that teaches 1,314 students (grades 9 through 12), run under SANTA FE ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 65% bigger than the state mean of about 796.

SANTA FE H S is one of 7 schools operated by SANTA FE ISD, a district that works with 4,310 students overall.

On demographics, SANTA FE H S shows that White students make up the majority at 68%. Other groups include 28% Hispanic.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 81 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 16.2:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting SANTA FE H S higher than the state norm the norm. Around 46% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Galveston County (around 57%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.

After controlling for student poverty, SANTA FE H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.6%, the actual is 52.3%, a residual of -1.4 points.

In the area at large, census data for Galveston County shows median household earnings sit near $86,105, roughly 35% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. SANTA FE H S is one of 95 public schools in Galveston County (combined enrollment of about 62,767 students).

Nearest neighbor: ROY J WOLLAM EL, around 2.1 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SANTA FE H S at 4th of 6; the average score across the group is 50.0%.

The campus sits in an outer-ring setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. SANTA FE H S's enrollment has decreased 9% since 2018, when it stood at 1,443 (now 1,314). The White share of enrollment shrank from 76% to 68% over that span.

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