Texas High School
Public high school in Texarkana, Texas · Texarkana ISD · Grades 9–12
Texas High School serves 1,750 students in grades 9–12 in Texarkana (Bowie County). It is one of 13 schools in Texarkana ISD. By enrollment it is the 400th largest of 1,920 public high schools in Texas (median 457 students). With 11.1 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 ÷ 157.77 full-time-equivalent teachers.
School facts
| School type | Regular School |
| Level | High |
| Grades | 9–12 |
| District | Texarkana ISD |
| County | Bowie County |
| Area type | City, small |
| School meals | Free meals for every student (Community Eligibility Provision) |
| NCES school ID | 484248004854 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 directory and school characteristics; area type from NCES EDGE locale codes.
Compared with the district and Texas
| This school | Texarkana ISD | Texas high schools (median) | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Students | 1,750 | 7,269 | 457 |
| Students per teacher | 11.1 | 13.1 | 14 |
| Free or reduced-price lunch eligible | 66.9% | 75% | 63.8% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. District figures add up its schools. 27% 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.
Texas High School in context
Size
Of the 3 high schools in Texarkana ISD, Texas High School is the largest, with 24.1% of the district's students. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 3.5 miles away and have a median of 346 students, so Texas 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 9 with 494 students, and its smallest is grade 11 with 394, against an average of 438 per grade. This year grade 12 has 20% fewer students than grade 9 (394 against 494). 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
Black students are the largest group, at 40.3% of enrollment, a lower share than across Texarkana ISD (43.3%). White students are next, at 32.6%. Students from 6 of the 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.
66.9% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 75% across Texarkana 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
Texas High School has 157.77 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 11.1 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 1,750 students would have about 125 teachers, so Texas High School has 32.8 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 city, small, which means it is inside a principal city of fewer than 100,000 people. The nearest other high school is Digital Academy of Texas, 0.2 miles away in the same district. There are 5 high schools within 5 miles and 5 within 10 miles.
Source: NCES EDGE school locations and locale codes, 2024-25. Distances are straight lines.
Students by race and ethnicity
| Black | 40.3% |
| White | 32.6% |
| Hispanic | 19.8% |
| Two or more races | 5.5% |
| Asian | 1.4% |
| American Indian or Alaska Native | 0.4% |
50.9% of students are girls and 49.1% are boys.
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Students by grade
| Grade 9 | 494 |
| Grade 10 | 468 |
| Grade 11 | 394 |
| Grade 12 | 394 |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25 membership.
Location and contact
4001 Summerhill Rd, Texarkana, TX 75503
Phone: (903)794-3891
Website: txkisd.net
Locations: NCES EDGE. Map data © OpenStreetMap contributors.
Red: Texas High School. Blue: the nearest high schools.
Nearby high schools
| School | District | Distance | Students | Per teacher | Free/reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Academy of Texas | Texarkana ISD | 0.2 mi | 471 | – | 40.6% |
| Premier H S of Texarkana | Premier High Schools | 0.4 mi | 88 | 17.6 | 67% |
| Options Early Graduation High School | Texarkana ISD | 1.0 mi | 61 | 7.4 | 85.2% |
| Pleasant Grove High School | Pleasant Grove ISD | 2.5 mi | 821 | 12.7 | 37.9% |
| Liberty-Eylau High School | Liberty-Eylau ISD | 4.6 mi | 543 | 8.4 | 82.3% |
| Redwater High School | Redwater ISD | 12.1 mi | 357 | 9.4 | 35.3% |
| Hooks High School | Hooks ISD | 12.5 mi | 334 | 11.3 | 43.7% |
| New Boston High School | New Boston ISD | 20.3 mi | 324 | 9.1 | 71.9% |
Source: NCES CCD 2024-25. Distance in a straight line between NCES EDGE locations.
Other schools in Texarkana ISD
| School | Level | Grades | Students |
|---|---|---|---|
| Digital Academy of Texas | High | 5–12 | 471 |
| Highland Park Elementary School | Elementary | Pre-K–5 | 427 |
| Martha & Josh Morriss Math & Engineering Elementary School | Elementary | K–5 | 351 |
| Nash Elementary School | Elementary | Pre-K–5 | 667 |
| Options Early Graduation High School | High | 9–12 | 61 |
| Paul Laurence Dunbar Early Education Center | Pre-K | Pre-K | 265 |
| Spring Lake Park Elementary School | Elementary | Pre-K–5 | 334 |
| Texas Middle School | Middle | 6–8 | 1,421 |
| Theron Jones Early Literacy Center | Elementary | K–2 | 329 |
| Waggoner Creek Elementary School | Elementary | Pre-K–5 | 337 |
| Wake Village Elementary School | Elementary | Pre-K–5 | 539 |
| Westlawn Elementary School | Elementary | 3–5 | 317 |