WINONA H S

Located at 611 WILDCAT DR, in WINONA, Texas, WINONA H S is a compact high school that teaches 319 students (grades 9 through 12), operated by WINONA ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so WINONA H S sits 60% below that benchmark.

WINONA ISD comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,166 students; WINONA H S is among them.

In terms of who attends, WINONA H S logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 39%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school reports 35% White, 21% Black, 4% multiracial. By comparison, Smith County as a whole is about 21% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.

Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 35 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.0:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 84% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. That share is above Smith County's rate of about 64%.

With demographic context factored in, WINONA H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 37.2%; this one delivers 49.0%.

Across the wider county, community-level numbers for Smith County indicate median household income runs about $74,192, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Smith County's 65 public schools (combined enrollment of about 37,385 students), WINONA H S is one campus in the mix.

Nearest neighbor: WINONA MIDDLE, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WINONA H S ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 40.9%.

The campus sits in a rural setting.

Over the past 7-year window. WINONA H S's enrollment has grew 3% since 2018, when it stood at 309 (now 319). The Hispanic share of enrollment rose from 28% to 39% over that span. Class-load math has fell: from 12.2:1 in 2018 to 9.0:1 in 2025.

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