New Home School
Public high school in New Home, Texas · New Home ISD · Grades 6–12
New Home School serves 343 students in grades 6–12 in New Home (Lynn County). It is one of 2 schools in New Home ISD. By enrollment it is the 1102nd largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 13.5 students per full-time teacher, it has about the same as 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 ÷ 25.45 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 6–12 |
| District | New Home ISD |
| County | Lynn County |
| Area type | Rural, distant |
| School meals | National School Lunch Program, free or reduced price for eligible students |
| NCES school ID | 483249003605 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | New Home ISD | Texas high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 343 | 708 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 13.5 | 13.7 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 7.9% | 10.9% | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 45% 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.
New Home School in context
Size
New Home School is the only high school in New Home ISD. Its 343 students are 48.4% of the district's 708. Its 8 closest high schools sit a median 13.4 miles away with a median enrollment of 169; New Home 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 7 with 54 students, and its smallest is grade 8 with 38, against an average of 49 per grade. Its first and last grades are close in size: 51 in grade 6 and 54 in grade 12.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership by grade.
Students
The largest group is White students: 75.2% here and 76.6% across New Home ISD. Hispanic students are next, at 21.9%. Students from 4 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
7.9% of its students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, against 10.9% across New Home 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
With 25.45 full-time-equivalent teachers for 343 students, New Home School has 13.5 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 343 students would have about 24.5 teachers, so New Home School has about as many as that.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Expected teachers = this school's students ÷ the median students per teacher of Texas high schools (14).
Location
New Home School is in rural territory 5 to 25 miles from an urbanized area, or 2.5 to 10 miles from a town, which NCES calls rural, distant. The nearest other high school is Lubbock-Cooper Liberty High School, 8.4 miles away in Lubbock-Cooper ISD. Within 10 miles there are 2 other high schools, 0 of them within 5 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| White | 75.2% |
| Hispanic | 21.9% |
| Two or more races | 2.6% |
| Native Hawaiian or Pacific Islander | 0.3% |
41.1% of students are girls and 58.9% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 6 | 51 |
| Grade 7 | 54 |
| Grade 8 | 38 |
| Grade 9 | 52 |
| Grade 10 | 46 |
| Grade 11 | 48 |
| Grade 12 | 54 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
225 N Main St, New Home, TX 79381
Phone: (806)924-7543
Website: newhomeisd.org
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: New Home School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lubbock-Cooper Liberty High School | Lubbock-Cooper ISD | 8.4 mi | 571 | 9.9 | 17.2% |
| Lubbock-Cooper High School | Lubbock-Cooper ISD | 9.1 mi | 1,856 | 11.5 | 27.4% |
| Lubbock-Cooper New Hope Academy | Lubbock-Cooper ISD | 10.8 mi | 67 | 13.4 | 38.8% |
| Tahoka High School | Tahoka ISD | 12.6 mi | 183 | 9 | 65.6% |
| Frenship High School | Frenship ISD | 14.2 mi | 3,422 | 15.8 | 41.9% |
| Premier H S - Lubbock (Briercroft) | Premier High Schools | 15.3 mi | 140 | 21 | 92.9% |
| Texasworks - Lubbock-Briercroft | Texas Works | 15.3 mi | 19 | 11.3 | – |
| Richard Milburn Academy Lubbock | Richard Milburn Alternative High School (Killeen) | 15.3 mi | 155 | 21 | 81.3% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in New Home ISD
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| New Home Elementary School | Elementary | Pre-K–5 | 365 |