WHARTON H S

WHARTON H S is a tight-knit four-year high school in WHARTON, Texas, operated by WHARTON ISD. The school works with 566 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 29% smaller than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

WHARTON ISD runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,767 students. WHARTON H S is one of those campuses.

Demographically, WHARTON H S lists that Hispanic students make up the majority at 62%. The remainder breaks down as 26% Black, 10% White. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 42%.

Looking at school resources, On paper, WHARTON H S has 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting WHARTON H S tighter than the state norm the norm. About 73% 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 higher than Wharton County's rate of about 65%.

With demographic context factored in, WHARTON H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.9%, the actual is 29.3%, a residual of -12.6 points.

Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Wharton County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $66,924 per year, 21% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. Across Wharton County's 22 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,729 students), WHARTON H S is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: C G SIVELLS EL, around 0.6 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around WHARTON H S. On composite proficiency, WHARTON H S comes 5th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 40.1%.

The campus sits in a town-based setting.

Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at WHARTON H S has shrank 3%, going from 586 students in 2018 to 566 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share contracted from 17% to 10%. Class-load math has widened: from 11.7:1 in 2018 to 13.7:1 in 2025.

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