Blue Ridge High School
Public high school in Blue Ridge, Texas · Blue Ridge ISD · Grades 9–12
Blue Ridge High School serves 298 students in grades 9–12 in Blue Ridge (Collin County). It is one of 3 schools in Blue Ridge ISD. By enrollment it is the 1173rd largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 10.8 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 ÷ 27.72 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| District | Blue Ridge ISD |
| County | Collin County |
| Area type | Rural, distant |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Provision 1, 2 or 3) |
| NCES school ID | 481059000531 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Blue Ridge ISD | Texas high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 298 | 1,048 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 10.8 | 13 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 54% | 53.3% | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 25% 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.
Blue Ridge High School in context
Size
Blue Ridge High School is the only high school in Blue Ridge ISD. Its 298 students are 28.4% of the district's 1,048. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 9.6 miles away with a median enrollment of 1,014; Blue Ridge High School 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 12 with 87 students, and its smallest is grade 9 with 67, against an average of 75 per grade. This year grade 12 has 30% more students than grade 9 (87 against 67). 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: 59.4% here and 59.6% across Blue Ridge ISD. Hispanic students are next, at 35.6%. Students from 4 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
54% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 53.3% across Blue Ridge ISD and a median of 63.8% for Texas high schools. Under Provision 2 or 3 of the National School Lunch Program, every student eats at no charge; meal applications are only collected in a base year.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership and school lunch program data. District shares weight each school by its enrollment.
Teachers
With 27.72 full-time-equivalent teachers for 298 students, Blue Ridge High School has 10.8 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 298 students would have about 21.3 teachers, so Blue Ridge High School has 6.4 more.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).
Location
Blue Ridge 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 Trenton High School, 8.1 miles away in Trenton ISD. Within 10 miles there are 6 other high schools, 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 | 59.4% |
| Hispanic | 35.6% |
| Two or more races | 4.7% |
| Black | 0.3% |
50% of students are girls and 50% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 9 | 67 |
| Grade 10 | 73 |
| Grade 11 | 71 |
| Grade 12 | 87 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
11020 Cr 504, Blue Ridge, TX 75424
Phone: (972)752-5554
Website: brisd.net
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Blue Ridge High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Trenton High School | Trenton ISD | 8.1 mi | 213 | 12.4 | 39.4% |
| Melissa High School | Melissa ISD | 8.2 mi | 1,983 | 14.5 | – |
| Anna Academic Achievement Center | Anna ISD | 8.7 mi | 49 | 70 | 67.3% |
| Bland High School | Bland ISD | 9.3 mi | 220 | 11.9 | 60.9% |
| Farmersville High School | Farmersville ISD | 9.8 mi | 765 | 15.4 | 54% |
| Anna High School | Anna ISD | 9.9 mi | 1,602 | 17.4 | 44.1% |
| Lovelady High School | Princeton ISD | 10.1 mi | 1,388 | 14.9 | 65.4% |
| Princeton Senior High School | Princeton ISD | 10.4 mi | 1,262 | 16.9 | 62% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in Blue Ridge ISD
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blue Ridge Elementary School | Elementary | Pre-K–5 | 510 |
| Blue Ridge Middle School | Middle | 6–8 | 240 |