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CADDO MILLS 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 70 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 48 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 14 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 65% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 62% 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 CADDO MILLS H S
CADDO MILLS H S operates as a medium-sized secondary school in CADDO MILLS, Texas, part of CADDO MILLS ISD. Current enrollment sits at 833 students spanning grades 9 through 12.
CADDO MILLS ISD comprises 5 schools with combined enrollment of 3,073 students; CADDO MILLS H S is among them.
Looking at the student body, CADDO MILLS H S records that 64% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 26% Hispanic, 6% Black, 3% multiracial.
In terms of school funding signals, CADDO MILLS H S records 60 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 27% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. That share is south of Hunt County's rate of about 61%.
With demographic context factored in, CADDO MILLS H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.9%, the actual is 64.6%, a residual of +2.8 points.
In the surrounding community, Hunt County reports that median household income runs about $71,938, roughly 23% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. CADDO MILLS H S is one of 45 public schools in Hunt County (combined enrollment of about 20,771 students).
Nearest neighbor: CADDO MILLS INT, around 1.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around CADDO MILLS H S. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CADDO MILLS H S at 2nd of 8; the average score across the group is 51.2%.
CADDO MILLS H S operates from a small-town location.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 64%: 508 students in 2018 compared to 833 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 79% to 64% across the same window.
On the community side, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Hunt County at a glance
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