University High School

Size

Of the 4 high schools in Waco ISD, University High School is the 2nd largest, with 13.1% of the district's students. The 8 nearest high schools are a median 4.3 miles away and have a median of 424 students, so University 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 486 students, and its smallest is grade 12 with 334, against an average of 438 per grade. This year grade 12 has 31% fewer students than grade 9 (334 against 486). 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 70.9% of enrollment, a higher share than across Waco ISD (62.5%). Black students are next, at 22.4%. Students from all 7 race and ethnicity groups NCES reports are enrolled.

83.9% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, against 88.1% across Waco 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

University High School has 123.47 full-time-equivalent teachers, or 14.2 students per teacher. At the median Texas high school ratio of 14, a school with 1,752 students would have about 125.1 teachers, so University High School has 1.6 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 city, midsize, which means it is inside a principal city of 100,000 to 250,000 people. The nearest other high school is Harmony School of Innovation - Waco, 1.7 miles away in Harmony Public Schools - North Texas. There are 7 high schools within 5 miles and 14 within 10 miles.

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