Menard High School
Public high school in Menard, Texas · Menard ISD · Grades 9–12
Menard High School serves 82 students in grades 9–12 in Menard (Menard County). It is one of 2 schools in Menard ISD. By enrollment it is the 1650th largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 6.6 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 ÷ 12.36 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| District | Menard ISD |
| County | Menard County |
| Area type | Rural, remote |
| School meals | National School Lunch Program, free or reduced price for eligible students |
| NCES school ID | 483021003385 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Menard ISD | Texas high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 82 | 264 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 6.6 | 10.6 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 50% | 57.9% | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 6% 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.
Menard High School in context
Size
Menard High School is the only high school in Menard ISD. Its 82 students are 31.1% of the district's 264. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 44.9 miles away and have a median of 205 students, so Menard 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 11 with 26 students, and its smallest is grade 12 with 14, against an average of 21 per grade. This year grade 12 has 26% fewer students than grade 9 (14 against 19). 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 58.5% of enrollment, a higher share than across Menard ISD (46.6%). Hispanic students are next, at 39%. Students from 4 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
50% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 57.9% across Menard 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
Menard High School has 12.36 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 6.6 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 82 students would have about 5.9 teachers, so Menard High School has 6.5 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, 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 Junction High School, 29.4 miles away in Junction 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 | 58.5% |
| Hispanic | 39% |
| Black | 1.2% |
| Two or more races | 1.2% |
46.3% of students are girls and 53.7% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 9 | 19 |
| Grade 10 | 23 |
| Grade 11 | 26 |
| Grade 12 | 14 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
401 W Travis St, Menard, TX 76859
Phone: (325)396-2513
Website: menardisd.net
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Menard High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Junction High School | Junction ISD | 29.4 mi | 177 | 9.5 | 61% |
| Brady High School | Brady ISD | 29.9 mi | 271 | 9.7 | 59.8% |
| Mason High School | Mason ISD | 34.6 mi | 192 | 7.9 | 41.1% |
| Wall High School | Wall ISD | 44.1 mi | 361 | 10.1 | 15.2% |
| Christoval High School | Christoval ISD | 45.7 mi | 342 | 11.5 | 15.2% |
| Veribest High School | Veribest ISD | 47.8 mi | 141 | 8.1 | 49.6% |
| Eldorado High School | Schleicher ISD | 48.1 mi | 146 | 8 | 56.2% |
| Miles High School | Miles ISD | 53.3 mi | 217 | 9.5 | 38.7% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in Menard ISD
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Menard Elementary/Jh | Elementary | Pre-K–8 | 182 |