WILLS POINT H S

As a reasonably sized senior high in WILLS POINT, Texas, WILLS POINT H S hosts 812 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by WILLS POINT ISD.

Across the 5 schools in WILLS POINT ISD (2,893 students total), WILLS POINT H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, WILLS POINT H S records that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. The remainder reads as 37% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, 4% Black. That is noticeably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 84%.

In terms of school funding signals, The school reports having 57 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting WILLS POINT H S tighter than the state norm the norm. About 70% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Van Zandt County (around 56%), the school's rate is noticeably above typical.

Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, WILLS POINT H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 43.5%; this one delivers 45.3%.

Zooming out to the county, census data for Van Zandt County shows median household earnings sit near $69,475, about 20% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Van Zandt County runs 29 public schools (combined enrollment of about 10,738 students), of which WILLS POINT H S is one.

Nearest neighbor: EARNEST O WOODS INT, around 0.5 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 4 other public schools cluster around WILLS POINT H S. On composite proficiency, WILLS POINT H S comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 40.1%.

The school occupies an outlying site.

Over the past 7-year window. WILLS POINT H S's enrollment has climbed 19% since 2018, when it stood at 683 (now 812). Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 21% to 37%. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 11.8:1 in 2018 to 14.2:1 today.

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