Shepherd High School
Public high school in Shepherd, Texas · Shepherd ISD · Grades 9–12
Shepherd High School serves 616 students in grades 9–12 in Shepherd (San Jacinto County). It is one of 4 schools in Shepherd ISD. By enrollment it is the 805th 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 ÷ 45.59 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| District | Shepherd ISD |
| County | San Jacinto County |
| Area type | Rural, distant |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 484002004541 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Shepherd ISD | Texas high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 616 | 1,968 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 13.5 | 15.9 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 74.4% | 76.3% | 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.
Shepherd High School in context
Size
Shepherd High School is the only high school in Shepherd ISD. Its 616 students are 31.3% of the district's 1,968. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 11.7 miles away and have a median of 457 students, so Shepherd 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 176 students, and its smallest is grade 12 with 124, against an average of 154 per grade. This year grade 12 has 17% fewer students than grade 9 (124 against 149). 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 46.9% of enrollment, about the same share as across Shepherd ISD (47.5%). Hispanic students are next, at 44.5%. Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
74.4% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 76.3% across Shepherd 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
Shepherd High School has 45.59 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 13.5 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 616 students would have about 44 teachers, so Shepherd High School has 1.6 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, distant, which means it is in rural territory 5 to 25 miles from an urbanized area, or 2.5 to 10 miles from a town. The nearest other high school is Goodrich High School, 9.1 miles away in Goodrich ISD. There are 0 high schools 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
| White | 46.9% |
| Hispanic | 44.5% |
| Black | 4.2% |
| Two or more races | 3.9% |
| Asian | 0.5% |
46.3% of students are girls and 53.7% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 9 | 149 |
| Grade 10 | 176 |
| Grade 11 | 167 |
| Grade 12 | 124 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
#1 Pirate Ln, Shepherd, TX 77371
Phone: (936)628-3371
Website: shepherdisd.net
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Shepherd High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goodrich High School | Goodrich ISD | 9.1 mi | 67 | 6.5 | 98.5% |
| Coldspring-Oakhurst High School | Coldspring-Oakhurst CISD | 10.3 mi | 492 | 12.1 | 59.1% |
| Cleveland High School | Cleveland ISD | 10.8 mi | 3,627 | 17.5 | 90.6% |
| Frederick a Douglass Learning Academy | Cleveland ISD | 11.5 mi | 129 | 22.3 | 93.8% |
| Tarkington High School | Tarkington ISD | 11.9 mi | 544 | 15.2 | 49.1% |
| Livingston H S Academy | Livingston ISD | 16.4 mi | 13 | 13.4 | 76.9% |
| Livingston High School | Livingston ISD | 16.4 mi | 1,147 | 17.2 | 48.4% |
| Iltexas Liberty High School | International Leadership of Texas (Iltexas) | 19.2 mi | 421 | 14.8 | 96% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in Shepherd ISD
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shepherd Intermediate School | Elementary | 3–5 | 400 |
| Shepherd Middle School | Middle | 6–8 | 448 |
| Shepherd Primary School | Elementary | Pre-K–2 | 504 |