TROY H S

TROY H S is a four-year high school of compact scale in TROY, Texas, operated by TROY ISD, serveing 502 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 37% below the state mean of about 796.

TROY H S is one of 4 schools operated by TROY ISD, a district that serves 1,732 students overall.

On the student-mix side, TROY H S lists that White students make up the majority at 63%; the rest is composed of 30% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Bell County as a whole is about 49% White, so the school skews meaningfully more White than its surroundings.

On the resource side, Staff filings list 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.7:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. Around 41% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Bell County's rate of about 57%.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), TROY H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.3%; this one delivers 60.3%.

In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Bell County) logs that median household income runs about $68,865, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Bell County's 130 public schools (combined enrollment of about 71,041 students), TROY H S is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is EDNA BIGHAM MAYS EL, roughly 0.2 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, TROY H S comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 42.5%.

The campus sits in an outlying setting.

Trend over the last 7 years. TROY H S's enrollment has expanded 17% since 2018, when it stood at 428 (now 502). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 69% to 63%. The student-to-teacher ratio loosened from 13.9:1 in 2018 to 15.7:1 today.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.