La Marque High School
Public high school in La Marque, Texas · Texas City ISD · Grades 9–12
La Marque High School serves 737 students in grades 9–12 in La Marque (Galveston County). It is one of 13 schools in Texas City ISD. By enrollment it is the 733rd largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 12.8 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 ÷ 57.75 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| District | Texas City ISD |
| County | Galveston County |
| Area type | Suburb, midsize |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 484251002941 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Texas City ISD | Texas high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 737 | 7,711 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 12.8 | 13.5 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 88.5% | 79.2% | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 39% 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.
La Marque High School in context
Size
La Marque High School is the 2nd largest of Texas City ISD's 3 high schools; its 737 students are 9.6% of district enrollment. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 6.3 miles away with a median enrollment of 950; La Marque 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 9 with 258 students, and its smallest is grade 12 with 132, against an average of 184 per grade. This year grade 12 has 49% fewer students than grade 9 (132 against 258). 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 Black students: 53.9% here and 28.4% across Texas City ISD. Hispanic students are next, at 35.8%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
88.5% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 79.2% across Texas City 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 57.75 full-time-equivalent teachers for 737 students, La Marque High School has 12.8 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 737 students would have about 52.6 teachers, so La Marque High School has 5.1 more.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).
Location
La Marque High School is in an urbanized area of 100,000 to 250,000 people, outside its principal city, which NCES calls suburb, midsize. The nearest other high school is Hitchcock High School, 3.1 miles away in Hitchcock ISD. Within 10 miles there are 8 other high schools, 3 of them within 5 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Black | 53.9% |
| Hispanic | 35.8% |
| White | 6.5% |
| Two or more races | 3% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.4% |
| Asian | 0.4% |
48.7% of students are girls and 51.3% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 9 | 258 |
| Grade 10 | 159 |
| Grade 11 | 188 |
| Grade 12 | 132 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
397 Duroux, La Marque, TX 77568
Phone: (409)938-4261
Website: tcisd.org
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: La Marque High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hitchcock High School | Hitchcock ISD | 3.1 mi | 585 | 20.4 | 72% |
| Galveston County Detention Center | Dickinson ISD | 3.6 mi | 24 | 8.8 | 16.7% |
| Texas City High School | Texas City ISD | 4.8 mi | 1,689 | 13.8 | 69.1% |
| Woodrow Wilson DAEP | Texas City ISD | 5.8 mi | 75 | 4.7 | 86.7% |
| Dickinson High School | Dickinson ISD | 6.7 mi | 3,810 | 16.2 | 59.1% |
| Dickinson Continuation Center | Dickinson ISD | 7.1 mi | 78 | 13.3 | 62.8% |
| Santa Fe High School | Santa Fe ISD | 8.9 mi | 1,314 | 16.2 | 46.4% |
| Clear Falls High School | Clear Creek ISD | 9.4 mi | 2,508 | 18.6 | – |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in Texas City ISD
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blocker Middle School | Middle | 7–8 | 802 |
| Calvin Vincent Pre-K Head Start | Pre-K | Pre-K | 311 |
| Fry Intermediate School | Middle | 5–6 | 769 |
| Giles Middle School | Middle | 6–8 | 553 |
| Hayley Elementary School | Elementary | K–5 | 484 |
| Heights Elementary School | Elementary | K–4 | 412 |
| Kohfeldt Elementary School | Elementary | K–4 | 429 |
| Manuel Guajardo Jr. Elementary School | Elementary | K–4 | 501 |
| Roosevelt-Wilson Elementary School | Elementary | K–4 | 460 |
| Simms Elementary School | Elementary | K–5 | 482 |
| Texas City High School | High | 9–12 | 1,689 |
| Woodrow Wilson DAEP | High | 5–12 | 75 |