SPLENDORA H S

SPLENDORA H S is one of the big high schools in SPLENDORA, Texas, run under SPLENDORA ISD, with 1,647 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 107% larger than the state mean of about 796.

Within SPLENDORA ISD, which oversees 7 schools and 5,687 students, SPLENDORA H S is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SPLENDORA H S reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (49%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 42% White, 7% Black, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 104 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.8:1 students per teacher. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 36% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Montgomery County (around 48%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.

With demographic context factored in, SPLENDORA H S falls in the UNDERPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations residual. Given its student profile, a typical campus would land near 58.3%; this one comes in at 38.1%, -20.2 points off the demographic line.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Montgomery County put median household earnings sit near $97,701, about 39% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. SPLENDORA H S is one of 160 public schools in Montgomery County (combined enrollment of about 134,595 students).

SPLENDORA J H is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SPLENDORA H S at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 30.3%.

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

Looking at the recent track record. SPLENDORA H S's enrollment has increased 42% since 2018, when it stood at 1,156 (now 1,647). The White share of enrollment contracted from 60% to 42% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 13.6:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.

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