VENUS H S

Located at 12 BULLDOG DR, in VENUS, Texas, VENUS H S is a mid-tier high school that instructs 717 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within VENUS ISD.

Within VENUS ISD, which oversees 4 schools and 2,283 students, VENUS H S is one campus in the system.

On demographics, VENUS H S reports that 65% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder comes out to 26% White, 5% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix considerably more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at school resources, On paper, VENUS H S has 47 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.2:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 76% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Johnson County runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), VENUS H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 40.7%, the actual is 41.0%, a residual of +0.3 points.

In the surrounding community, Johnson County reports that median household earnings sit near $84,859, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Johnson County runs 77 public schools (combined enrollment of about 39,004 students), of which VENUS H S is one.

VENUS MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around VENUS H S. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), VENUS H S ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 37.3%.

Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.

Looking at the recent track record. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at VENUS H S has rose 22%, going from 590 students in 2018 to 717 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 51% to 65% across the same window.

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