SULPHUR SPRINGS H S

SULPHUR SPRINGS H S is a sizable secondary school in SULPHUR SPRINGS, Texas, run under SULPHUR SPRINGS ISD. The school instructs 1,270 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 60% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

SULPHUR SPRINGS ISD comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 4,236 students; SULPHUR SPRINGS H S is among them.

Demographically, SULPHUR SPRINGS H S logs that the largest single group is White at 52%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school lists 32% Hispanic, 9% Black, 6% multiracial. That is meaningfully less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 80%.

On the income-and-resources front, On paper, SULPHUR SPRINGS H S has 104 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting SULPHUR SPRINGS H S tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 59% of students at SULPHUR SPRINGS H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SULPHUR SPRINGS H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.3%, the actual is 55.1%, a residual of +6.8 points.

In the broader community, ACS estimates for Hopkins County put the typical household earns roughly $70,888 per year, 22% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. SULPHUR SPRINGS H S is one of 18 public schools in Hopkins County (combined enrollment of about 6,733 students).

Nearest neighbor: BARBARA BUSH PRI, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around SULPHUR SPRINGS H S. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SULPHUR SPRINGS H S ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 47.8%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at SULPHUR SPRINGS H S has rose 3%, going from 1,230 students in 2018 to 1,270 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 24% to 32% across the same window.

On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.