Happy High School
Public high school in Happy, Texas · Happy ISD · Grades 7–12
Happy High School serves 119 students in grades 7–12 in Happy (Swisher County). It is one of 2 schools in Happy ISD. By enrollment it is the 1547th largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 7.4 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 ÷ 16.01 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 7–12 |
| District | Happy ISD |
| County | Swisher County |
| Area type | Rural, distant |
| School meals | National School Lunch Program, free or reduced price for eligible students |
| NCES school ID | 482235002243 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Happy ISD | Texas high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 119 | 253 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 7.4 | 9.9 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 31.1% | 27.7% | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 8% 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.
Happy High School in context
Size
Happy High School is the only high school in Happy ISD. Its 119 students are 47% of the district's 253. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 20.9 miles away and have a median of 200 students, so Happy 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 30 students, and its smallest is grade 9 with 16, against an average of 20 per grade. This year grade 12 has 76% more students than grade 7 (30 against 17). 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 79% of enrollment, a lower share than across Happy ISD (83.4%). Hispanic students are next, at 13.4%. Students from 4 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
31.1% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 27.7% across Happy 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
Happy High School has 16.01 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 7.4 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 119 students would have about 8.5 teachers, so Happy High School has 7.5 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, 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 Tulia High School, 15.3 miles away in Tulia ISD. No other high school is within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| White | 79% |
| Hispanic | 13.4% |
| Two or more races | 4.2% |
| Black | 3.4% |
45.4% of students are girls and 54.6% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 7 | 17 |
| Grade 8 | 21 |
| Grade 9 | 16 |
| Grade 10 | 17 |
| Grade 11 | 18 |
| Grade 12 | 30 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
500 Nw 3rd, Happy, TX 79042
Phone: (806)558-5311
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Happy High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tulia High School | Tulia ISD | 15.3 mi | 267 | 9 | 78.7% |
| Canyon High School | Canyon ISD | 15.5 mi | 1,097 | 14.2 | 21% |
| Midway Alternative High School | Canyon ISD | 15.7 mi | 52 | 8.5 | 42.3% |
| Premier High School-Canyon | Premier High Schools | 16.3 mi | 32 | 16 | 40.6% |
| Randall High School | Canyon ISD | 25.4 mi | 1,126 | 13.7 | 34% |
| Kress High School | Kress ISD | 27.2 mi | 127 | 9.7 | 52.8% |
| West Plains High School | Canyon ISD | 27.4 mi | 1,221 | 15.4 | 23.6% |
| Richard Milburn Academy Amarillo | Richard Milburn Alternative High School (Killeen) | 28.3 mi | 133 | 19 | 60.2% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in Happy ISD
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Happy Elementary School | Elementary | Pre-K–6 | 134 |