Chester High School
Public high school in Chester, Texas · Chester ISD · Grades 6–12
Chester High School serves 123 students in grades 6–12 in Chester (Tyler County). It is one of 2 schools in Chester ISD. By enrollment it is the 1537th largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 9 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 ÷ 13.71 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 6–12 |
| District | Chester ISD |
| County | Tyler County |
| Area type | Rural, remote |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 481377000868 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Chester ISD | Texas high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 123 | 195 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 9 | 8.6 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 42.3% | 43.6% | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 16% 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.
Chester High School in context
Size
Chester High School is the only high school in Chester ISD. Its 123 students are 63.1% of the district's 195. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 18.4 miles away and have a median of 221 students, so Chester 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 24 students, and its smallest is grade 11 with 12, against an average of 18 per grade. This year grade 12 has 85% more students than grade 6 (24 against 13). 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
White students are the largest group, at 89.4% of enrollment, about the same share as across Chester ISD (90.8%). Students from 4 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
42.3% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 43.6% across Chester 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
Chester High School has 13.71 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 9 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 123 students would have about 8.8 teachers, so Chester High School has 4.9 more.
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, remote, which means it is in rural territory more than 25 miles from an urbanized area and more than 10 miles from a town. The nearest other high school is Colmesneil JH/HS, 9.9 miles away in Colmesneil 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
| White | 89.4% |
| Two or more races | 6.5% |
| Hispanic | 3.3% |
| Black | 0.8% |
47.2% of students are girls and 52.8% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 6 | 13 |
| Grade 7 | 14 |
| Grade 8 | 16 |
| Grade 9 | 21 |
| Grade 10 | 23 |
| Grade 11 | 12 |
| Grade 12 | 24 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
273 Yellowjacket Dr., Chester, TX 75936
Phone: (936)969-2353
Website: chesterisd.com
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Chester High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Colmesneil JH/HS | Colmesneil ISD | 9.9 mi | 194 | 10.9 | 49% |
| Woodville High School | Woodville ISD | 13.7 mi | 360 | 9.2 | 56.4% |
| Corrigan-Camden High School | Corrigan-Camden ISD | 14.4 mi | 248 | 11.2 | 65.7% |
| Leggett High School | Leggett ISD | 17.9 mi | 96 | 13.9 | 75% |
| Zavalla High School | Zavalla ISD | 19.0 mi | 141 | 10.4 | 69.5% |
| Diboll High School | Diboll ISD | 20.9 mi | 480 | 13.6 | 63.3% |
| Huntington High School | Huntington ISD | 23.2 mi | 485 | 12.5 | 41% |
| Pride Alternative School | Huntington ISD | 24.7 mi | 12 | 4 | 33.3% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in Chester ISD
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chester Elementary School | Elementary | Pre-K–5 | 72 |