WH FORD H S

As a medium-sized senior high in QUINLAN, Texas, WH FORD H S educates 799 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within QUINLAN ISD.

QUINLAN ISD runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 2,936 students. WH FORD H S is one of those campuses.

Looking at the student body, WH FORD H S shows that 51% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 46% Hispanic. By comparison, Hunt County as a whole is about 70% White, so the school skews visibly less White than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, WH FORD H S shows 55 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 64% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WH FORD H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.1%, the actual is 45.5%, a residual of -0.6 points.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Hunt County indicate median household earnings sit near $71,938, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Hunt County's 45 public schools (combined enrollment of about 20,771 students), WH FORD H S is one campus in the mix.

The closest other public school is D C CANNON EL, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. On composite proficiency, WH FORD H S comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 40.0%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count contracted 3%: 821 students in 2018 compared to 799 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 28% to 46%.

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