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How has VERNON H S changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
490
High
DISTRICT 174 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VERNON ISD·NCES 484411004998
Vernon High School
2102 YUCCA LN, VERNON, TX 76384 · (940) 553-3377 · Wilbarger County
GRADES 09–12HIGH33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL490 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 10% of Texas public high schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public high schools
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 7.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
70%
342 students
DISTRICT 81% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 127 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 124 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 138 | 28% |
| Grade 12 | 101 | 21% |
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
36.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +9.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
17.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -36.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 9 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 36 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 6.0% | 30.0% | 22.0% | 42.0% |
| Mathematics | 2.0% | 15.0% | 52.0% | 31.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 36.0% | 17.0% |
| 2024-25 | 41.0% | 26.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 18.0% |
| 2022-23 | 37.0% | 30.0% |
| 2021-22 | 28.0% | 60.0% |
| 2020-21 | 27.0% | 53.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
40.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.4pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Vernon High School
Vernon High School's state test result (40.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vernon High School this school | 490 | 69.8% | 40.5% |
| Palacios Junior Senior High School PALACIOS | 655 | 69.6% | 45.4% |
| Hillsboro High School HILLSBORO | 616 | 70.5% | 58.5% |
| Tyler ISD Early College High School TYLER | 447 | 73.6% | 87.8% |
| Edna High School EDNA | 455 | 63.5% | 58.3% |
| Iltexas Garland High School GARLAND | 604 | 68.0% | 52.3% |
Matched among Texas high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Vernon High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.5% | #1,122 of 1,385 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.0% | #1,369 of 1,425 ▼ 267 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #1,315 of 1,425 ▼ 180 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.0pp | #46 of 1,184 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 490 | #909 of 2,107 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.1:1 | #420 of 1,344 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.0% | #216 of 1,346 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.8% | #585 of 1,522 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.6% | #169 of 557 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
490
-107 (-18%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 555
Student : Teacher
13.1:1
was 16.6:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 490 | 37.4 | 13.1:1 | 70% (342) |
| 2023-24 | 481 | 34.1 | 14.1:1 | 67% (321) |
| 2022-23 | 532 | 31.9 | 16.7:1 | 60% (318) |
| 2020-21 | 597 | 36 | 16.6:1 | 54% (323) |
| 2017-18 | 574 | 40.2 | 14.3:1 | 52% (301) |
| 2015-16 | 524 | 44 | 11.9:1 | 43% (226) |
| 2010-11 | 566 | 48 | 11.8:1 | 51% (290) |
| 2000-01 | 685 | 49 | 14.0:1 | 37% (251) |
| 1990-91 | 555 | 52 | 10.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vernon High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (574 to 490); teachers down 7% (40.2 to 37.4).
About Vernon High School
Vernon High School is a high school in VERNON, Texas, reachable at (940) 553-3377. It is open to students in grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 490 students. High schools in Texas have about 796 students on average; enrollment here is 38% lower.
Vernon High School falls under VERNON ISD, which has 7 schools enrolling 1,729 students.
The biggest share of students at Vernon High School, 49%, is Hispanic. Other reported shares: 28% White, 7% Black, 7% multiracial, and 7% Asian. That compares with about 30% Hispanic among all Wilbarger County residents. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 66%.
Vernon High School lists 37.4 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 13.1 students per teacher. The school's 13.1:1 compares with an average of 15.1:1 for high schools in Texas. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 70% of the student body. That is in line with the 70% average for public schools in Wilbarger County.
Vernon High School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 10% of Texas public high schools.
Vernon High School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 40.5% and a predicted 43.9%.
For Wilbarger County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $54,102 a year, 17% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 16% of people live in poverty. Counting Vernon High School, Wilbarger County has 8 public schools.
The closest school to Vernon High School is Vernon Elementary School, located about 0.3 miles away. Vernon High School is one of several public schools in the area, with 5 others within five miles. Nearby schools average 39.2% on proficiency, and Vernon High School is above that at 40.5%.
The National Center for Education Statistics classifies the school's location as Town: Remote, meaning it is in a town far from an urbanized area.
The school's student count decreased 18% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years. The school's ratio dropped from 16.6:1 to 13.1:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Anyone can start a thread about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Vernon High School. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Wilbarger County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
12,616
Census ACS
Median income
$54,102
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
2,099 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in VERNON ISD
- Vernon Elementary SchoolElementary · 494 students
- Vernon Middle SchoolMiddle · 390 students
- T G McCord Elementary SchoolElementary · 311 students
- North Texas State Hospital - Afp - VernonHigh · 23 students
- Ntsh Pri Program Wichita CampusMiddle · 11 students
- Vernon ISD Opportunity CenterHigh · 10 students
Other schools in VERNON
- Vernon Elementary SchoolElementary · 494 students
- Vernon Middle SchoolMiddle · 390 students
- T G McCord Elementary SchoolElementary · 311 students
- Northside SchoolCombined · 227 students
- North Texas State Hospital - Afp - VernonHigh · 23 students
- Vernon ISD Opportunity CenterHigh · 10 students
Other Vernon High schools
One other US public school is named Vernon High. Vernon High School is the largest of the 2.
- VERNON HIGH SCHOOLVERNON, FL · 326 students
Nearby schools
- Vernon Elementary School0.3 mi · 494
- T G McCord Elementary School0.8 mi · 311
- North Texas State Hospital - Afp - Vernon1.0 mi · 23
- Vernon Middle School1.3 mi · 390
- Vernon ISD Opportunity Center1.4 mi · 10
- Northside School10.9 mi · 227
Frequently asked questions
About Vernon High SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Vernon High School?
Vernon High School enrolls approximately 490 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Vernon High School serve?
Vernon High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Vernon High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Vernon High School is approximately 13.1:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Vernon High School?
At Vernon High School, the student body is approximately 28% White, 49% Hispanic, 7% Black, 7% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Vernon High School public or private?
Vernon High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by VERNON ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.