Hope High School
Public high school in Port Lavaca, Texas · Calhoun County ISD · Grades 10–12
Hope High School serves 21 students in grades 10–12 in Port Lavaca (Calhoun County). It is one of 7 schools in Calhoun County ISD. By enrollment it is the 1845th largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 3.6 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 ÷ 5.84 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Alternative School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 10–12 |
| District | Calhoun County ISD |
| County | Calhoun County |
| Area type | Town, distant |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 481248007199 |
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 | 21 | 3,514 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 3.6 | 14.8 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 81% | 65.7% | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 1% 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.
Hope High School in context
Size
Of the 2 high schools in Calhoun County ISD, Hope High School is the smallest, with 0.6% of the district's students. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 21.2 miles away and have a median of 221 students, so Hope High School is smaller than most of them.
NCES lists it as an alternative school: one that serves students whose needs a regular school may not meet, or that offers a non-traditional program alongside regular schools.
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 11 with 10 students, and its smallest is grade 10 with 2, against an average of 7 per grade. This year grade 12 has 350% more students than grade 10 (9 against 2). 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 81% of enrollment, a higher share than across Calhoun County ISD (68%). White students are next, at 14.3%.
81% of students qualify 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
Hope High School has 5.84 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 3.6 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 21 students would have about 1.5 teachers, so Hope High School has 4.3 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 town, distant, which means it is in a town 10 to 35 miles from an urbanized area. The nearest other high school is Calhoun High School, 0.6 miles away in the same district. There is 1 high school 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 | 81% |
| White | 14.3% |
| Black | 4.8% |
57.1% of students are girls and 42.9% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 10 | 2 |
| Grade 11 | 10 |
| Grade 12 | 9 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
900 N Virginia Rm 10, Port Lavaca, TX 77979
Phone: (361)552-7084
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Hope High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Calhoun High School | Calhoun County ISD | 0.6 mi | 989 | 13.8 | 51.1% |
| Industrial High School | Industrial ISD | 13.7 mi | 348 | 11.4 | 31% |
| Bloomington High School | Bloomington ISD | 14.0 mi | 227 | 11.8 | 78% |
| Austwell-Tivoli High School | Austwell-Tivoli ISD | 19.4 mi | 74 | 6.2 | 59.5% |
| Victoria Regional Juvenile Justice Center | Victoria ISD | 23.0 mi | 35 | 6.3 | 91.4% |
| Edna High School | Edna ISD | 23.7 mi | 455 | 12.1 | 63.5% |
| Secondary DAEP | Victoria ISD | 24.0 mi | 98 | 12.7 | 95.9% |
| Visd Success Academy | Victoria ISD | 24.0 mi | 214 | 13.2 | 86.4% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in Calhoun County ISD
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calhoun High School | High | 9–12 | 989 |
| Harrison/Jefferson/Madison Elementary School | Elementary | Pre-K–5 | 709 |
| 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 |