WACO H S

Set in WACO, Texas, WACO H S is a sizable senior high, operated by WACO ISD. It hosts 1,885 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 137% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

WACO ISD runs 24 schools in total, collectively educating 13,476 students. WACO H S is one of those campuses.

Demographically, WACO H S logs that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 59% of enrollment. Other groups include 30% Black, 8% White, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 27% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.

Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, WACO H S has 140 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting WACO H S tighter than the state norm the norm. About 84% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is north of McLennan County's rate of about 62%.

With demographic context factored in, WACO H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.4%; this one delivers 34.4%.

In the broader community, census data for McLennan County shows median household income runs about $66,643, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across McLennan County's 124 public schools (combined enrollment of about 45,703 students), WACO H S is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: LAKE AIR MONTESSORI SCHOOL, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WACO H S. On composite proficiency, WACO H S comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 28.8%.

The school occupies an urban site.

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 4%: 1,971 students in 2018 compared to 1,885 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 52% to 59% over that span. Class-load math has narrowed: from 14.7:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.

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