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Enrollment
1,175
High
DISTRICT 435 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOMERSET ISD·NCES 484074004623
Somerset High School
7650 S LOOP 1604 W, SOMERSET, TX 78069 · (210) 750-8958 · Bexar County
GRADES 09–12HIGH42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,175 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% of Texas public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public high schools
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
77 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
76%
889 students
DISTRICT 82% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 323 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 279 | 24% |
| Grade 11 | 295 | 25% |
| Grade 12 | 278 | 24% |
Student demographics
13%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 13% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
57.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +44.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
14.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +14.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 14 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 44 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 7.0% | 50.0% | 19.0% | 24.0% |
| Mathematics | 4.0% | 10.0% | 45.0% | 41.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 57.0% | 14.0% |
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 15.0% |
| 2023-24 | 50.0% | 14.0% |
| 2022-23 | 28.0% | 13.0% |
| 2021-22 | 22.0% | 21.0% |
| 2020-21 | 13.0% | 0.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
43.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
41.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+2.0pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 43% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Somerset High School
Somerset High School's state test result (43.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somerset High School this school | 1,175 | 75.7% | 43.4% |
| Uvalde High School UVALDE | 1,148 | 76.1% | 33.3% |
| Hereford High School HEREFORD | 1,182 | 73.7% | 38.3% |
| Harmony Science Academy (el Paso) EL PASO | 1,034 | 73.6% | 59.5% |
| Burges High School EL PASO | 1,394 | 72.7% | 49.8% |
| H M King High School KINGSVILLE | 918 | 74.7% | 26.8% |
Matched among Texas high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Somerset High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bexar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 43.4% | #1,041 of 1,385 | #54 of 81 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.0% | #1,395 of 1,425 ▼ 48 | #76 of 82 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #743 of 1,425 ▲ 202 | #40 of 82 ▲ 8 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +15.0pp | #617 of 1,184 | #32 of 75 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,175 | #528 of 2,107 | #38 of 128 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.3:1 | #787 of 1,344 | #33 of 78 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 13.0% | #1,171 of 1,346 | #65 of 79 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 75.7% | #471 of 1,522 | #39 of 90 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.0% | #401 of 672 | #22 of 32 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,175
+12 (+1%) vs 2020
+142% since 1990-91, when it was 485
Student : Teacher
15.3:1
was 15.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,175 | 76.7 | 15.3:1 | 76% (889) |
| 2023-24 | 1,150 | 76.8 | 15.0:1 | 78% (892) |
| 2022-23 | 1,148 | 76.7 | 15.0:1 | 85% (981) |
| 2020-21 | 1,163 | 73 | 15.9:1 | 83% (961) |
| 2017-18 | 1,078 | 73.5 | 14.7:1 | 71% (761) |
| 2015-16 | 1,035 | 80 | 12.9:1 | 72% (742) |
| 2010-11 | 974 | 68 | 14.3:1 | 68% (664) |
| 2000-01 | 667 | 45 | 14.8:1 | 66% (439) |
| 1990-91 | 485 | 38 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Somerset High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (1,078 to 1,175); teachers up 4% (73.5 to 76.7).
About Somerset High School
Somerset High School is a mid-sized high school based in SOMERSET, Texas. The school runs grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 1,175 students. High schools in Texas average about 796 students, which makes this school 48% bigger than average.
Somerset High School is one school in an 8-school district, SOMERSET ISD, which enrolls 4,259 students.
Roughly 93% of students at Somerset High School are Hispanic. The remaining students are 6% White. Among people living in Bexar County, the Hispanic share is about 60%. The diversity index for Somerset High School is 13%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school has 76.7 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 15.3 students per teacher. The 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas is close to this figure. Of all students at Somerset High School, 76% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. It compares with 63% for public schools in Bexar County.
Somerset High School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 27% of Texas public high schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Somerset High School falls in the middle 80% of Texas schools: 43.4% actual against 41.4% predicted.
In the wider Bexar County area, median household income comes to about $72,341, roughly 32% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Bexar County's 638 public schools enroll about 368,487 students and include Somerset High School.
Shirleen Zacharias Early Clge Leadership Academy is the nearest public school to Somerset High School, about 0.2 miles away. Within five miles of Somerset High School, there are 6 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 43.4% is below the 54.7% average for nearby schools.
The federal government classifies Somerset High School's location as Rural: Distant.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 1,163 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 1,175.
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Bexar County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
2,067,341
Census ACS
Median income
$72,341
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
638
368,487 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SOMERSET ISD
- Somerset Elementary SchoolElementary · 716 students
- S/Sgt Michael P Barrera Veterans Elementary SchoolElementary · 639 students
- Savannah Heights Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 618 students
- Somerset Junior High SchoolMiddle · 608 students
- Somerset Early Childhood Elementary SchoolElementary · 373 students
- Shirleen Zacharias Early Clge Leadership AcademyHigh · 128 students
Other schools in SOMERSET
- Somerset Elementary SchoolElementary · 716 students
- Somerset Early Childhood Elementary SchoolElementary · 373 students
- Shirleen Zacharias Early Clge Leadership AcademyHigh · 128 students
Other Somerset High schools
3 other US public schools in 4 states are named Somerset High. Somerset High School is the largest of the 4.
- Somerset High SchoolSomerset, KY · 526 students
- Somerset HighSomerset, WI · 453 students
- Somerset HighBellflower, CA · 104 students
Nearby schools
- Shirleen Zacharias Early Clge Leadership Academy0.2 mi · 128
- Somerset Elementary School0.4 mi · 716
- Somerset Early Childhood Elementary School0.4 mi · 373
- Somerset Junior High School3.3 mi · 608
- Savannah Heights Intermediate School3.3 mi · 618
- S/Sgt Michael P Barrera Veterans Elementary School4.0 mi · 639
Frequently asked questions
About Somerset High SchoolHow many students attend Somerset High School?
Somerset High School enrolls approximately 1,175 students in grades 09-12.
Is Somerset High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Somerset High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many teachers does Somerset High School have?
Somerset High School employs 77 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.3:1.
How diverse is Somerset High School?
Somerset High School reports a student body of 6% White, 93% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Somerset High School in?
Somerset High School is part of SOMERSET ISD.
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