Moe and Gene Johnson High School

Size

Moe and Gene Johnson High School is the largest of Hays CISD's 5 high schools; its 2,870 students are 11.8% of district enrollment. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 6.5 miles away and have a median of 1,409 students, so Moe and Gene Johnson High School is larger 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 10 with 802 students, and its smallest is grade 12 with 605, against an average of 718 per grade. This year grade 12 has 19% fewer students than grade 9 (605 against 745). 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 60.6% of enrollment, a lower share than across Hays CISD (66.3%). White students are next, at 32%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

33.4% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 44.6% across Hays CISD 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

Moe and Gene Johnson High School has 145.88 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 19.7 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 2,870 students would have about 205 teachers, so Moe and Gene Johnson High School has 59.1 fewer.

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, fringe, which means it is in rural territory within 5 miles of an urbanized area or 2.5 miles of a town. The nearest other high school is Alternative Impact Center, 0.3 miles away in the same district. There are 3 high schools within 5 miles and 10 within 10 miles.

Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.