Baird High School
Public high school in Baird, Texas · Baird ISD · Grades 6–12
Baird High School serves 140 students in grades 6–12 in Baird (Callahan County). It is one of 2 schools in Baird ISD. By enrollment it is the 1487th largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 7.8 students per full-time teacher, it has fewer students per teacher than the typical Texas high school (14).
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Rank and medians compare all 1,920 Texas high schools with enrollment listed on this site.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Students per teacher = students ÷ 17.88 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 6–12 |
| District | Baird ISD |
| County | Callahan County |
| Area type | Rural, distant |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 480928000387 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Baird ISD | Texas high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 140 | 348 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 7.8 | 10.1 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 55% | 65.5% | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 9% of Texas high schools have fewer students per teacher than this school (share of schools with a lower ratio). State test results aren't published here yet.
Baird High School in context
Size
Baird High School is the only high school in Baird ISD. Its 140 students are 40.2% of the district's 348. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 18.9 miles away with a median enrollment of 104; Baird High School is larger than most of them.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 enrollment and school type. Share of district students = this school's students ÷ the district's students. Nearest schools by straight-line distance between NCES EDGE locations.
Grades
Its largest grade is grade 6 with 28 students, and its smallest is grade 10 with 15, against an average of 20 per grade. This year grade 12 has 32% fewer students than grade 6 (19 against 28). Each grade is a different group of students, so the gap is not a dropout or growth rate.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
The largest group is White students: 80% here and 70.7% across Baird ISD. Hispanic students are next, at 17.9%.
55% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 65.5% across Baird ISD and a median of 63.8% for Texas high schools. Under the Community Eligibility Provision, every student can eat breakfast and lunch at no charge, and families fill out no meal application.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
With 17.88 full-time-equivalent teachers for 140 students, Baird High School has 7.8 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 140 students would have about 10 teachers, so Baird High School has 7.9 more.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).
Location
Baird High School is in rural territory 5 to 25 miles from an urbanized area, or 2.5 to 10 miles from a town, which NCES calls rural, distant. The nearest other high school is Clyde High School, 7.5 miles away in Clyde CISD. Within 10 miles there is 1 other high school, 0 of them within 5 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| White | 80% |
| Hispanic | 17.9% |
| Two or more races | 2.1% |
42.1% of students are girls and 57.9% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 6 | 28 |
| Grade 7 | 16 |
| Grade 8 | 18 |
| Grade 9 | 23 |
| Grade 10 | 15 |
| Grade 11 | 21 |
| Grade 12 | 19 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
600 W 7th St, Baird, TX 79504
Phone: (325)854-1400
Website: bairdisd.net
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Baird High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Clyde High School | Clyde CISD | 7.5 mi | 444 | 11.2 | 33.3% |
| Eula High School | Eula ISD | 10.2 mi | 116 | 6.4 | 36.2% |
| Academy for Technology Engineering Math & Science | Abilene ISD | 17.2 mi | 384 | 11 | 43.2% |
| DAEP | Abilene ISD | 18.9 mi | 96 | 12.1 | 83.3% |
| Woodson Center for Excellence | Abilene ISD | 18.9 mi | 112 | 6.3 | 89.3% |
| Juvenile Detention Center | Abilene ISD | 19.5 mi | 11 | 5.6 | 63.6% |
| Taylor County Learning Center | Abilene ISD | 19.5 mi | 26 | – | 57.7% |
| Triumph Public High Schools-Abilene | Triumph Public High Schools-West Texas | 19.7 mi | 85 | 19.1 | – |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in Baird ISD
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baird Elementary School | Elementary | Pre-K–5 | 208 |