SPURGER H S

SPURGER H S operates as a rural-scale 9-12 campus in SPURGER, Texas, one of the schools within SPURGER ISD. Current enrollment sits at 161 students spanning grades 7 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 80% below typical.

SPURGER H S is one of 2 schools operated by SPURGER ISD, a district that hosts 396 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, SPURGER H S lists that 90% of students identify as White, making the school strongly White-majority. Other groups include 7% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 78% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.

On the income-and-resources front, SPURGER H S shows 20 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.1:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 53% of students at SPURGER H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably below Tyler County's rate of about 62%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SPURGER H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 50.5%; this one delivers 41.6%.

Across the wider county, Tyler County reports that median household earnings sit near $55,396, about 12% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across Tyler County's 15 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,382 students), SPURGER H S is one campus in the mix.

SPURGER EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SPURGER H S ranks 5th on composite proficiency, above the local average of 41.3%.

SPURGER H S operates from a rural location.

Looking at the recent track record. SPURGER H S's enrollment has contracted 15% since 2018, when it stood at 189 (now 161).

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