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ANDREWS H S
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 39 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 29 points since 2020, while math scores have held steady.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 55% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About ANDREWS H S
ANDREWS H S is a medium-sized high school in ANDREWS, Texas, part of ANDREWS ISD. The school educates 1,193 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 50% bigger than typical.
Within ANDREWS ISD, which oversees 6 schools and 4,209 students, ANDREWS H S is one campus in the system.
On demographics, ANDREWS H S records that 68% of the student body identifies as Hispanic; the rest looks like 29% White. The wider county runs roughly 58% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the resource side, The school lists 84 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.2:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 43% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Andrews County's rate of about 52%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, ANDREWS H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.0%; this one delivers 50.0%.
Across the wider county, census data for Andrews County shows median household income runs about $72,242, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 14% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Andrews County runs 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,209 students), of which ANDREWS H S is one.
DEVONIAN EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. 5 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ANDREWS H S at 3rd of 6; the average score across the group is 45.1%.
The school occupies a town-based site.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 13%: 1,056 students in 2018 compared to 1,193 in 2025.
On the community side, the page collects discussion, questions, and updates around science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Andrews County at a glance
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- CLEARFORK EL1.3 mi · 721
- SEMINOLE PRI27.4 mi · 478