THREE WAY JH/HS

THREE WAY JH/HS, a rural-scale senior high in STEPHENVILLE, Texas, operated by THREE WAY ISD, enrolls 76 students, covering grades 7 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 90% smaller than the state mean of about 796.

THREE WAY ISD runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 212 students. THREE WAY JH/HS is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, THREE WAY JH/HS logs that 51% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. The remainder breaks down as 49% Hispanic. By comparison, Erath County as a whole is about 79% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.7:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 67% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Erath County runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is higher than the surrounding baseline.

On a demographically-adjusted basis, THREE WAY JH/HS tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 44.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 43.4%.

In the surrounding community, census data for Erath County shows median household earnings sit near $65,115, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. THREE WAY JH/HS is one of 17 public schools in Erath County (combined enrollment of about 5,893 students).

The closest other public school is THREE WAY PK-6, roughly 0.1 miles away. On composite proficiency, THREE WAY JH/HS comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 48.5%.

The campus sits in a small-town setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at THREE WAY JH/HS has contracted 46%, going from 142 students in 2018 to 76 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share expanded from 39% to 51%. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 7.7:1 today.

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