SLATON H S

SLATON H S is a compact four-year high school in SLATON, Texas, one of the schools within SLATON ISD. The school works with 359 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 55% below typical.

SLATON ISD runs 5 schools in total, collectively educating 1,271 students. SLATON H S is one of those campuses.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SLATON H S records that 66% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school records 28% White, 3% Black, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 36% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, SLATON H S has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 10.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting SLATON H S tighter than the state norm the norm. About 67% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Lubbock County (around 57%), the school's rate is north of typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SLATON H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.4%, the actual is 44.1%, a residual of -0.3 points.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Lubbock County indicate median household earnings sit near $64,155, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. SLATON H S is one of 110 public schools in Lubbock County (combined enrollment of about 52,301 students).

The closest other public school is SLATON ISD DAEP, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around SLATON H S. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SLATON H S ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 39.0%.

Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SLATON H S has changed only slightly, going from 356 students in 2018 to 359 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 9.2:1 in 2018 to 10.7:1 today.

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