STEPHENVILLE H S

As a reasonably sized four-year high school in STEPHENVILLE, Texas, STEPHENVILLE H S serves 1,079 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within STEPHENVILLE ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 36% larger than the state mean of about 796.

STEPHENVILLE ISD runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 3,578 students. STEPHENVILLE H S is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, STEPHENVILLE H S logs that 57% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 37% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Erath County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, STEPHENVILLE H S shows 81 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 42% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Erath County (around 51%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.

With demographic context factored in, STEPHENVILLE H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.4%; this one delivers 66.8%.

Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Erath County indicate median household income runs about $65,115, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. STEPHENVILLE H S is one of 17 public schools in Erath County (combined enrollment of about 5,893 students).

GILBERT INT is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), STEPHENVILLE H S ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 55.1%.

STEPHENVILLE H S operates from a town-based location.

Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count stayed largely flat: 1,079 students in 2018 compared to 1,079 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share shrank from 64% to 57%.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.