BRACKETT H S
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Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 42 points since 2020.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 BRACKETT H S
Located at 201 N ANN ST, in BRACKETTVILLE, Texas, BRACKETT H S is an one-room-style four-year high school that educates 165 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by BRACKETT ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 79% leaner than the state mean of about 796.
BRACKETT H S is one of 3 schools operated by BRACKETT ISD, a district that serves 521 students overall.
On the student-mix side, BRACKETT H S reports that Hispanic students make up the majority at 71%; the rest consists of 27% White. By comparison, Kinney County as a whole is about 58% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, The school currently runs with 19 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 8.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting BRACKETT H S tighter than the state norm the norm. About 56% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), BRACKETT H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 49.3%; this one delivers 58.1%.
In the surrounding community, Kinney County reports that median household income runs about $70,000, 12% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. BRACKETT H S is one of 3 public schools in Kinney County (combined enrollment of about 521 students).
The closest other public school is BRACKETT J H, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around BRACKETT H S. On composite proficiency, BRACKETT H S comes 2nd of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 43.4%.
The school occupies a low-density site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at BRACKETT H S has changed only slightly, going from 167 students in 2018 to 165 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 64% to 71% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 7.5:1 in 2018 to 8.6:1 today.
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