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Enrollment
1,163
High
DISTRICT 631 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALVARADO ISD·NCES 480001100128
Alvarado High School
1301 S PKWY, ALVARADO, TX 76009 · (817) 783-6940 · Johnson County
GRADES 09–12HIGH31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,163 STUDENTS
C+
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Scored higher than 36% of Texas public high schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public high schools
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
71 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
61%
710 students
DISTRICT 67% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 287 | 25% |
| Grade 10 | 319 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 274 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 283 | 24% |
Student demographics
56%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 56% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within ALVARADO ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
56.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +23.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
46.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +5.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 23 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 7.0% | 49.0% | 18.0% | 26.0% |
| Mathematics | 17.0% | 29.0% | 41.0% | 13.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 56.0% | 46.0% |
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 24.0% |
| 2023-24 | 48.0% | 17.0% |
| 2022-23 | 33.0% | 8.0% |
| 2021-22 | 20.0% | 13.0% |
| 2020-21 | 33.0% | 41.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
46.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
47.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Alvarado High School
Alvarado High School's state test result (46.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alvarado High School this school | 1,163 | 61.0% | 46.8% |
| Marble Falls High School MARBLE FALLS | 1,129 | 60.7% | 48.1% |
| Sealy High School SEALY | 1,002 | 61.3% | 53.3% |
| Wh Ford High School QUINLAN | 799 | 63.6% | 45.6% |
| Ingleside High School INGLESIDE | 624 | 58.8% | 59.3% |
| Cleburne High School CLEBURNE | 1,849 | 66.6% | 50.6% |
Matched among Texas high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Alvarado High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.8% | #932 of 1,385 | #11 of 13 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #616 of 1,425 ▲ 517 | #6 of 13 ▲ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #750 of 1,425 ▲ 224 | #8 of 13 ▲ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +30.5pp | #135 of 1,184 | #2 of 11 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,163 | #534 of 2,107 | #5 of 17 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.3:1 | #970 of 1,344 | #11 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 56.4% | #459 of 1,346 | #5 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 61.0% | #776 of 1,522 | #3 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +5.1% | #494 of 672 | #10 of 11 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
1,163
+42 (+4%) vs 2020
+187% since 1990-91, when it was 405
Student : Teacher
16.3:1
was 15.8:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 1,163 | 71.5 | 16.3:1 | 61% (710) |
| 2023-24 | 1,200 | 76.3 | 15.7:1 | 63% (759) |
| 2022-23 | 1,172 | 76.5 | 15.3:1 | 63% (736) |
| 2020-21 | 1,121 | 71 | 15.8:1 | 60% (675) |
| 2017-18 | 1,107 | 69 | 16.0:1 | 54% (593) |
| 2015-16 | 1,046 | 65 | 16.1:1 | 53% (554) |
| 2010-11 | 1,020 | 63 | 16.2:1 | 52% (535) |
| 2000-01 | 906 | 63 | 14.4:1 | 28% (250) |
| 1990-91 | 405 | 35 | 11.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alvarado High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 5% (1,107 to 1,163); teachers up 4% (69 to 71.5).
About Alvarado High School
At 1301 S PKWY in ALVARADO, Texas, Alvarado High School operates as a medium-sized high school. Enrollment is 1,163 students in 2024-25, and the school serves grades 9 through 12. Against the 796-student average for high schools in Texas, enrollment here is 46% higher.
Alvarado High School reports to ALVARADO ISD, which has 6 schools and 3,788 students.
By race and ethnicity, Alvarado High School is 50% Hispanic. Beyond that, enrollment is 42% White, 3% Black, and 3% multiracial. In Johnson County overall, about 25% of residents are Hispanic. By the diversity index, Alvarado High School comes in at 56%.
Staffing totals 71.5 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.3:1. For comparison, high schools in Texas average 15.1:1. A measure often used for student poverty, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, stands at 61%. That is higher than the 51% average for public schools in Johnson County.
Measured against Texas public high schools, Alvarado High School receives a C+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate on state tests with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Alvarado High School, the prediction is 47.6% and the result is 46.8%.
Among Johnson County residents, median household income is about $84,859, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Alvarado High School is one of 77 public schools in Johnson County, which together enroll about 39,004 students.
The school nearest to Alvarado High School is Alvarado El-South, at a distance of about 0.9 miles. Counting only straight-line distance, 4 other public schools are within five miles. By average proficiency, Alvarado High School is 2nd among 7 schools close by.
The school is in a town close to an urbanized area, according to its NCES locale (Town: Fringe).
The 2024-25 enrollment of 1,163 was 4% higher than in 2020-21, when it was 1,121.
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Johnson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
195,597
Census ACS
Median income
$84,859
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
77
39,004 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ALVARADO ISD
- Alvarado Junior High SchoolMiddle · 862 students
- Alvarado Intermediate SchoolElementary · 792 students
- Alvarado El-SouthElementary · 386 students
- Lillian Elementary SchoolElementary · 309 students
- Alvarado El-NorthElementary · 276 students
- Juvenile Justice AlternativeElementary
Other schools in ALVARADO
- Alvarado Junior High SchoolMiddle · 862 students
- Alvarado Intermediate SchoolElementary · 792 students
- Alvarado El-SouthElementary · 386 students
- Lillian Elementary SchoolElementary · 309 students
- Alvarado El-NorthElementary · 276 students
Nearby schools
- Alvarado El-South0.9 mi · 386
- Alvarado Intermediate School1.0 mi · 792
- Alvarado Junior High School2.0 mi · 862
- Alvarado El-North2.8 mi · 276
- Venus Elementary School6.4 mi · 663
- Keene High School6.5 mi · 373
Frequently asked questions
About Alvarado High SchoolHow large is Alvarado High School?
Alvarado High School enrolls approximately 1,163 students in grades 09-12.
What grades does Alvarado High School serve?
Alvarado High School serves grades 09-12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Alvarado High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Alvarado High School is approximately 16.3:1 (71 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Alvarado High School?
Student demographics at Alvarado High School are roughly 42% White, 50% Hispanic, 3% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Alvarado High School in?
Alvarado High School is part of ALVARADO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.