WHITEHOUSE H S

WHITEHOUSE H S operates as a sizable four-year high school in WHITEHOUSE, Texas, run under WHITEHOUSE ISD. Current enrollment sits at 1,404 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 76% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

WHITEHOUSE H S is one of 7 schools operated by WHITEHOUSE ISD, a district that serves 4,676 students overall.

On the student-mix side, WHITEHOUSE H S logs that 62% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 17% Hispanic, 13% Black, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian.

Looking at school resources, On paper, WHITEHOUSE H S has 106 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting WHITEHOUSE H S tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 39% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. By comparison, Smith County runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully below the surrounding baseline.

With demographic context factored in, WHITEHOUSE H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.9%; this one delivers 70.3%.

Around the school, community-level numbers for Smith County indicate median household earnings sit near $74,192, roughly 29% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 8%. Across Smith County's 65 public schools (combined enrollment of about 37,385 students), WHITEHOUSE H S is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: J W HOLLOWAY SIXTH GRADE SCHOOL, around 0.3 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WHITEHOUSE H S ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, above the local average of 60.8%.

The campus sits in a town-center setting.

Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count changed only slightly: 1,378 students in 2018 compared to 1,404 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 12% to 17%. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 13.2:1 today.

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