Belton New Technical H S at Waskow

Size

Of the 4 high schools in Belton ISD, Belton New Technical H S at Waskow is the 3rd largest, with 2.1% of the district's students. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 6.2 miles away with a median enrollment of 658; Belton New Technical H S at Waskow is smaller 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 11 with 81 students, and its smallest is grade 9 with 58, against an average of 71 per grade. This year grade 12 has 12% more students than grade 9 (65 against 58). 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: 58.1% here and 46% across Belton ISD. Hispanic students are next, at 28.2%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

26.4% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 42% across Belton ISD and a median of 63.8% for Texas high schools. Families apply for free or reduced-price meals, and eligibility depends on household income.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.

Teachers

With 23.18 full-time-equivalent teachers for 284 students, Belton New Technical H S at Waskow has 12.3 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 284 students would have about 20.3 teachers, so Belton New Technical H S at Waskow has 2.9 more.

Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).

Location

Belton New Technical H S at Waskow is in an urbanized area of 100,000 to 250,000 people, outside its principal city, which NCES calls suburb, midsize. District Alternative Education Program (in the same district) is listed at the same location. Within 10 miles there are 8 other high schools, 3 of them within 5 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.