VERNON H S

Located at 2102 YUCCA LN, in VERNON, Texas, VERNON H S is a cozy four-year high school that teaches 490 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within VERNON ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so VERNON H S sits 38% smaller than that benchmark.

VERNON H S is one of 7 schools operated by VERNON ISD, a district that enrolls 1,729 students overall.

Looking at the student body, VERNON H S lists that 49% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 28% White, 7% Black, 7% multiracial, 7% Asian. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 30%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 37 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.1:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 70% of students at VERNON 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), VERNON H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 43.4%, the actual is 41.0%, a residual of -2.4 points.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Wilbarger County indicate median household income runs about $54,102, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 16% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Wilbarger County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,099 students), of which VERNON H S is one.

VERNON EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, VERNON H S comes 3rd of 5 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 40.3%.

The school occupies a town-center site.

Over the past 7-year window. VERNON H S's enrollment has declined 15% since 2018, when it stood at 574 (now 490). The White share of enrollment ticked down from 43% to 28% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 14.3:1 in 2018 to 13.1:1 today.

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