WEST ORANGE-STARK H S

Located at 1400 NEWTON ST, in ORANGE, Texas, WEST ORANGE-STARK H S is a modestly sized 9-12 campus that hosts 659 students (grades 9 through 12), part of WEST ORANGE-COVE CISD.

WEST ORANGE-STARK H S is one of 4 schools operated by WEST ORANGE-COVE CISD, a district that instructs 2,592 students overall.

For racial and ethnic makeup, WEST ORANGE-STARK H S shows that 56% of the student body identifies as Black; the rest comes out to 25% Hispanic, 12% White, 5% multiracial. By comparison, Orange County as a whole is about 8% Black, so the school skews meaningfully more Black than its surroundings.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 59 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.3:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting WEST ORANGE-STARK H S tighter than the state norm the norm. About 87% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is noticeably above Orange County's rate of about 56%.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WEST ORANGE-STARK H S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 35.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 26.3%.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Orange County) records that median household earnings sit near $72,104, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Orange County's 25 public schools (combined enrollment of about 15,100 students), WEST ORANGE-STARK H S is one campus in the mix.

WEST ORANGE-STARK MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WEST ORANGE-STARK H S at 6th of 8; the average score across the group is 34.5%.

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

Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 14%: 579 students in 2018 compared to 659 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 12% to 25% over that span.

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