Willis High School

Willis High School is a large high school with an address in WILLIS, Texas. Enrollment totals 2,809 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts enrollment 253% above the 796-student average for high schools in Texas.

Willis High School sits within WILLIS ISD, which has 12 schools and 9,313 students.

No group is above 50% at Willis High School; the largest is White, at 47%. The school is also 40% Hispanic, 9% Black, and 4% multiracial. The White share of the county population is higher, at 67%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Willis High School scores 62%.

On staff are 143 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 19.6:1. High schools in Texas average 15.1:1, 4.6 fewer students per teacher than here. Willis High School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 53%.

Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Willis High School would be expected to post about 51.0%. Its actual average proficiency rate across its state test results is 49.4%.

In the surrounding county, Montgomery County, median household income comes to about $97,701, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 39% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county has 160 public schools and about 134,595 students.

Turner Elementary School sits about 0.2 miles from Willis High School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Willis High School places 2nd of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.

NCES lists the school's locale as City: Mid-size. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.

The school's enrollment increased 19% from 2020-21 to 2024-25.

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