Calhoun High School
Public high school in Port Lavaca, Texas · Calhoun County ISD · Grades 9–12
Calhoun High School serves 989 students in grades 9–12 in Port Lavaca (Calhoun County). It is one of 7 schools in Calhoun County ISD. By enrollment it is the 594th largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 13.8 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 ÷ 71.42 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| District | Calhoun County ISD |
| County | Calhoun County |
| Area type | Town, distant |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 481248000741 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Calhoun County ISD | Texas high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 989 | 3,514 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 13.8 | 14.8 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 51.1% | 65.7% | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 48% 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.
Calhoun High School in context
Size
Of the 2 high schools in Calhoun County ISD, Calhoun High School is the largest, with 28.1% of the district's students. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 20.7 miles away with a median enrollment of 156; Calhoun 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 9 with 276 students, and its smallest is grade 11 with 233, against an average of 247 per grade. This year grade 12 has 16% fewer students than grade 9 (233 against 276). 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 Hispanic students: 69.3% here and 68% across Calhoun County ISD. White students are next, at 23.4%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
51.1% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 65.7% across Calhoun County 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 71.42 full-time-equivalent teachers for 989 students, Calhoun High School has 13.8 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 989 students would have about 70.6 teachers, so Calhoun High School has about as many as that.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).
Location
Calhoun High School is in a town 10 to 35 miles from an urbanized area, which NCES calls town, distant. The nearest other high school is Hope High School, 0.6 miles away in the same district. Within 10 miles there is 1 other high school, 1 of them within 5 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 69.3% |
| White | 23.4% |
| Asian | 5.2% |
| Black | 1.1% |
| Two or more races | 1% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.1% |
48.6% of students are girls and 51.4% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 9 | 276 |
| Grade 10 | 247 |
| Grade 11 | 233 |
| Grade 12 | 233 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
201 Sandcrab Blvd, Port Lavaca, TX 77979
Phone: (361)552-3775
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Calhoun High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hope High School | Calhoun County ISD | 0.6 mi | 21 | 3.6 | 81% |
| Bloomington High School | Bloomington ISD | 13.3 mi | 227 | 11.8 | 78% |
| Industrial High School | Industrial ISD | 13.8 mi | 348 | 11.4 | 31% |
| Austwell-Tivoli High School | Austwell-Tivoli ISD | 18.9 mi | 74 | 6.2 | 59.5% |
| Victoria Regional Juvenile Justice Center | Victoria ISD | 22.6 mi | 35 | 6.3 | 91.4% |
| Secondary DAEP | Victoria ISD | 23.5 mi | 98 | 12.7 | 95.9% |
| Visd Success Academy | Victoria ISD | 23.5 mi | 214 | 13.2 | 86.4% |
| Edna High School | Edna ISD | 23.7 mi | 455 | 12.1 | 63.5% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in Calhoun County ISD
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Harrison/Jefferson/Madison Elementary School | Elementary | Pre-K–5 | 709 |
| Hope High School | High | 10–12 | 21 |
| Jackson/Roosevelt Elementary School | Elementary | Pre-K–5 | 836 |
| Port O Connor School | Elementary | Pre-K–5 | 64 |
| Seadrift School | Elementary | Pre-K–8 | 202 |
| Travis Middle School | Middle | 6–8 | 693 |