WEST TEXAS SECONDARY SCHOOL

WEST TEXAS SECONDARY SCHOOL is a minimally staffed high school in STINNETT, Texas, overseen by PLEMONS-STINNETT-PHILLIPS CISD. The school serves 304 students in grades 6 through 12. That puts it 62% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

Within PLEMONS-STINNETT-PHILLIPS CISD, which oversees 3 schools and 565 students, WEST TEXAS SECONDARY SCHOOL is one campus in the system.

For racial and ethnic makeup, WEST TEXAS SECONDARY SCHOOL shows that White students make up the majority at 69%; the rest consists of 25% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Hutchinson County as a whole.

In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 40 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 7.7:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 33% of students at WEST TEXAS SECONDARY SCHOOL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Hutchinson County runs at roughly 53%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WEST TEXAS SECONDARY SCHOOL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 59.5%; this one delivers 47.3%.

Across the wider county, Hutchinson County reports that median household earnings sit near $67,228, about 17% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. WEST TEXAS SECONDARY SCHOOL is one of 13 public schools in Hutchinson County (combined enrollment of about 3,718 students).

The closest other public school is WEST TEXAS EL, roughly 0.0 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, WEST TEXAS SECONDARY SCHOOL comes 4th of 6 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 47.2%.

The campus sits in a low-density setting.

Five-year trend. WEST TEXAS SECONDARY SCHOOL's enrollment has expanded 41% since 2018, when it stood at 215 (now 304).

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