Taft High School
Public high school in Taft, Texas · Taft ISD · Grades 9–12
Taft High School serves 249 students in grades 9–12 in Taft (San Patricio County). It is one of 3 schools in Taft ISD. By enrollment it is the 1244th largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 10.6 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 ÷ 23.45 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| District | Taft ISD |
| County | San Patricio County |
| Area type | Rural, distant |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 484206004791 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Taft ISD | Texas high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 249 | 812 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 10.6 | 12.8 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 79.9% | 85.7% | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 25% 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.
Taft High School in context
Size
Taft High School is the only high school in Taft ISD. Its 249 students are 30.7% of the district's 812. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 10.3 miles away and have a median of 413 students, so Taft 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 72 students, and its smallest is grade 12 with 55, against an average of 62 per grade. This year grade 12 has 24% fewer students than grade 9 (55 against 72). 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 87.1% of enrollment, about the same share as across Taft ISD (83.6%). White students are next, at 10.8%. Students from 5 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
79.9% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 85.7% across Taft 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
Taft High School has 23.45 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 10.6 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 249 students would have about 17.8 teachers, so Taft High School has 5.6 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 Coastal Horizons Academy, 0.9 miles away in Erath Excels Academy Inc. There is 1 high school within 5 miles and 4 within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Hispanic | 87.1% |
| White | 10.8% |
| Black | 0.8% |
| Two or more races | 0.8% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.4% |
51.8% of students are girls and 48.2% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 9 | 72 |
| Grade 10 | 61 |
| Grade 11 | 61 |
| Grade 12 | 55 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
502 Rincon Rd, Taft, TX 78390
Phone: (361)528-2636
Website: taftisd.net
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Taft High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coastal Horizons Academy | Erath Excels Academy Inc | 0.9 mi | 72 | 24 | – |
| Gregory-Portland High School | Gregory-Portland ISD | 7.0 mi | 1,511 | 15.8 | 41.4% |
| Sinton High School | Sinton ISD | 7.6 mi | 547 | 12.7 | 62% |
| Juvenile Detention Center | Sinton ISD | 8.0 mi | 11 | 11.1 | 72.7% |
| Odem High School | Odem-Edroy ISD | 12.6 mi | 278 | 10.8 | 60.4% |
| Ingleside High School | Ingleside ISD | 12.9 mi | 624 | 13.7 | 58.8% |
| Coles H S and Educational Center | Corpus Christi ISD | 13.0 mi | 110 | 6.6 | 93.6% |
| Roy Miller H S and Metro School of Design | Corpus Christi ISD | 13.5 mi | 1,424 | 16.3 | 89.2% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in Taft ISD
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ricardo L Trevino Junior High School | Middle | 6–8 | 173 |
| Woodroe Petty Elementary School | Elementary | Pre-K–5 | 390 |