TEMPLE H S

TEMPLE H S is a secondary school of substantial scale in TEMPLE, Texas, overseen by TEMPLE ISD, works with 2,320 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so TEMPLE H S sits 191% bigger than that benchmark.

Across the 17 schools in TEMPLE ISD (9,073 students total), TEMPLE H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

Looking at the student body, TEMPLE H S lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (48%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 24% Black, 21% White, 4% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 26%.

In terms of school funding signals, On paper, TEMPLE H S has 169 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 66% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Bell County runs at roughly 57%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, TEMPLE H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.1%, the actual is 43.4%, a residual of -1.7 points.

In the area at large, the surrounding county (Bell County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $68,865 per year, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. TEMPLE H S is one of 130 public schools in Bell County (combined enrollment of about 71,041 students).

Nearest neighbor: FRED W EDWARDS ACADEMY AEC, around 0.7 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around TEMPLE H S. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), TEMPLE H S ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 41.2%.

Geographically, the school is in a city-core area.

Over the past 7-year window. TEMPLE H S's enrollment has ticked up 8% since 2018, when it stood at 2,145 (now 2,320). Hispanic enrollment moved from 43% to 48% across the same window.

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