WINDTHORST H S

WINDTHORST H S is one of the minimally staffed senior highs in WINDTHORST, Texas, run under WINDTHORST ISD, with 142 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. That puts it 82% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.

Across the 3 schools in WINDTHORST ISD (506 students total), WINDTHORST H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.

On demographics, WINDTHORST H S reports that White students make up the majority at 73%. The remainder comes out to 25% Hispanic. By comparison, Archer County as a whole is about 89% White, so the school skews considerably less White than its surroundings.

On the income-and-resources front, The school employs 16 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.9:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 43% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Archer County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.

After controlling for student poverty, WINDTHORST H S sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 55.1%; actual is 78.3%, +23.1 points clear of the demographic baseline.

In the area at large, census data for Archer County shows median household earnings sit near $72,159, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Archer County's 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,110 students), WINDTHORST H S is one campus in the mix.

WINDTHORST EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around WINDTHORST H S. On composite proficiency, WINDTHORST H S comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 55.3%.

WINDTHORST H S operates from a countryside location.

Over the past 7-year window. WINDTHORST H S's enrollment has showed little movement since 2018, when it stood at 139 (now 142). White enrollment moved from 67% to 73% across the same window.

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