WAXAHACHIE H S

WAXAHACHIE H S operates as a sizable secondary school in WAXAHACHIE, Texas, part of WAXAHACHIE ISD. Current enrollment sits at 3,056 students spanning grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 284% above the state mean of about 796.

WAXAHACHIE ISD comprises 18 schools with combined enrollment of 11,196 students; WAXAHACHIE H S is among them.

For racial and ethnic makeup, WAXAHACHIE H S shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (39%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school lists 35% White, 21% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Ellis County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 194 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 15.8:1 students per teacher. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. An estimated 44% of students are eligible 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), WAXAHACHIE H S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.8%.

In the broader community, community-level numbers for Ellis County indicate median household earnings sit near $99,595, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 5%. Across Ellis County's 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,344 students), WAXAHACHIE H S is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: WILEMON STEAM ACADEMY, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around WAXAHACHIE H S. On composite proficiency, WAXAHACHIE H S comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 48.1%.

Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.

Trend over the last 7 years. WAXAHACHIE H S's enrollment has expanded 39% since 2018, when it stood at 2,204 (now 3,056). White enrollment moved from 47% to 35% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.

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