SOUTH HILLS H S

Located at 6101 MCCART, in FORT WORTH, Texas, SOUTH HILLS H S is a sizable secondary school that instructs 1,846 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by FORT WORTH ISD. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 132% larger than typical.

FORT WORTH ISD comprises 136 schools with combined enrollment of 70,612 students; SOUTH HILLS H S is among them.

Looking at the student body, SOUTH HILLS H S shows that 87% of students identify as Hispanic, making the school strongly Hispanic-majority. Beyond that, the school lists 7% Black, 4% White. The wider county runs roughly 30% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

In terms of school funding signals, SOUTH HILLS H S records 115 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 16.0:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 90% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Tarrant County (around 63%), the school's rate is north of typical.

With demographic context factored in, SOUTH HILLS H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 34.4%; this one delivers 35.1%.

Around the school, the surrounding county (Tarrant County) reports that median household earnings sit near $84,207, about 35% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. In all, Tarrant County runs 639 public schools (combined enrollment of about 385,835 students), of which SOUTH HILLS H S is one.

The closest other public school is HARMONY SCIENCE ACADEMY- FORT WORTH, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SOUTH HILLS H S comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 33.0%.

SOUTH HILLS H S operates from a metropolitan location.

Looking at the recent track record. SOUTH HILLS H S's enrollment has declined 14% since 2018, when it stood at 2,152 (now 1,846). Over the same period, the Black share fell from 12% to 7%. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.6:1 in 2018 to 16.0:1 today.

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