SOMERSET H S

SOMERSET H S is a mid-sized 9-12 campus in SOMERSET, Texas, part of SOMERSET ISD. The school educates 1,175 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 48% bigger than the state mean of about 796.

SOMERSET H S is one of 8 schools operated by SOMERSET ISD, a district that works with 4,259 students overall.

On the student-mix side, SOMERSET H S reports that 93% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Other groups include 6% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 60%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 77 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.3:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 76% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is north of Bexar County's rate of about 63%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, SOMERSET H S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 40.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 44.6%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Bexar County indicate median household income runs about $72,341, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Bexar County's 638 public schools (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students), SOMERSET H S is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: SHIRLEEN ZACHARIAS EARLY CLGE LEADERSHIP ACADEMY, around 0.2 miles off. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SOMERSET H S comes 6th of 8 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 53.7%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked up 9%: 1,078 students in 2018 compared to 1,175 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment climbed from 87% to 93% over that span.

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