SLOCUM H S

SLOCUM H S is a senior high of very small scale in ELKHART, Texas, overseen by SLOCUM ISD, hosting 86 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so SLOCUM H S sits 89% smaller than that benchmark.

SLOCUM ISD runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 323 students. SLOCUM H S is one of those campuses.

In terms of who attends, SLOCUM H S logs that 88% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority; the rest is composed of 10% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 58% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, SLOCUM H S has 11 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 7.5:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 41% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Anderson County runs at roughly 68%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, SLOCUM H S sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 56.1%; actual is 88.1%, +32.0 points clear of the demographic baseline.

Zooming out to the county, Anderson County reports that median household earnings sit near $62,068, 15% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. SLOCUM H S is one of 26 public schools in Anderson County (combined enrollment of about 8,071 students).

SLOCUM PK - 8 is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SLOCUM H S at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 45.6%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SLOCUM H S has contracted 25%, going from 114 students in 2018 to 86 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share grew from 4% to 10%.

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