WHITEWRIGHT H S

WHITEWRIGHT H S is one of the tiny high schools in WHITEWRIGHT, Texas, run under WHITEWRIGHT ISD, with 222 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 72% smaller than typical.

WHITEWRIGHT ISD comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 801 students; WHITEWRIGHT H S is among them.

In terms of who attends, WHITEWRIGHT H S logs that White students make up the majority at 67%; the rest reads as 19% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 5% Black. By comparison, Grayson County as a whole is about 76% White, so the school skews noticeably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting WHITEWRIGHT H S tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 45% of students at WHITEWRIGHT H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.

On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), WHITEWRIGHT H S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.0% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 64.9%.

In the broader community, census data for Grayson County shows median household income runs about $72,182, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. WHITEWRIGHT H S is one of 68 public schools in Grayson County (combined enrollment of about 25,915 students).

WHITEWRIGHT EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around WHITEWRIGHT H S. On composite proficiency, WHITEWRIGHT H S comes 1st of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 47.9%.

WHITEWRIGHT H S operates from a rural location.

Looking at the recent track record. WHITEWRIGHT H S's enrollment has declined 18% since 2018, when it stood at 272 (now 222). White enrollment moved from 78% to 67% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 12.1:1 in 2018 to 8.4:1 in 2025.

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