Boling High School
Public high school in Boling, Texas · Boling ISD · Grades 9–12
Boling High School serves 328 students in grades 9–12 in Boling (Wharton County). It is one of 3 schools in Boling ISD. By enrollment it is the 1122nd largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 14.7 students per full-time teacher, it has about the same as 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 ÷ 22.33 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| District | Boling ISD |
| County | Wharton County |
| Area type | Rural, distant |
| School meals | National School Lunch Program, free or reduced price for eligible students |
| NCES school ID | 481078000541 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Boling ISD | Texas high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 328 | 1,151 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 14.7 | 15.6 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 47% | 43.3% | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 56% 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.
Boling High School in context
Size
Boling High School is the only high school in Boling ISD. Its 328 students are 28.5% of the district's 1,151. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 19.6 miles away and have a median of 741 students, so Boling 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 10 with 93 students, and its smallest is grade 12 with 72, against an average of 82 per grade. This year grade 12 has 17% fewer students than grade 9 (72 against 87). 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
Hispanic students are the largest group, at 55.2% of enrollment, a higher share than across Boling ISD (52.1%). White students are next, at 33.8%. Students from 4 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
47% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 43.3% across Boling 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
Boling High School has 22.33 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.7 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 328 students would have about 23.4 teachers, so Boling High School has 1.1 fewer.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).
Location
NCES classifies its location as rural, distant, which means it is in rural territory 5 to 25 miles from an urbanized area, or 2.5 to 10 miles from a town. The nearest other high school is Wharton High School, 9.8 miles away in Wharton ISD. There are 0 high schools within 5 miles and 1 within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 55.2% |
| White | 33.8% |
| Black | 10.4% |
| Two or more races | 0.6% |
45.4% of students are girls and 54.6% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 9 | 87 |
| Grade 10 | 93 |
| Grade 11 | 76 |
| Grade 12 | 72 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
407 Atlantic St, Boling, TX 77420
Phone: (979)657-2816
Website: bolingisd.net
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Boling High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wharton High School | Wharton ISD | 9.8 mi | 566 | 13.7 | 73.3% |
| Needville High School | Needville ISD | 11.2 mi | 1,111 | 13.6 | 36.8% |
| Van Vleck High School | Van Vleck ISD | 17.3 mi | 342 | 10.8 | 47.7% |
| Columbia High School | Columbia-Brazoria ISD | 19.5 mi | 885 | 15.6 | 55.4% |
| East Bernard High School | East Bernard ISD | 19.6 mi | 302 | 10.2 | 29.8% |
| Dr. Thomas E Randle High School | Lamar CISD | 19.7 mi | 1,966 | 20.8 | 45.3% |
| Bay City High School | Bay City ISD | 19.8 mi | 1,042 | 16.1 | 50.7% |
| Sweeny High School | Sweeny ISD | 20.6 mi | 597 | 12 | 45.9% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in Boling ISD
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iago Junior High School | Middle | 6–8 | 264 |
| Newgulf Elementary School | Elementary | Pre-K–5 | 559 |