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CALDWELL H S
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Test scores
STAAR 2024-25 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 53 and 43. Reading scores are up about 29 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 19 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About CALDWELL H S
As a close-knit senior high in CALDWELL, Texas, CALDWELL H S hosts 574 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by CALDWELL ISD. That puts it 28% below the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.
CALDWELL ISD runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,952 students. CALDWELL H S is one of those campuses.
On demographics, CALDWELL H S shows that the largest single group is White at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder consists of 37% Hispanic, 7% Black, 5% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 70%.
On the income-and-resources front, CALDWELL H S lists 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.4:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Burleson County's rate of about 65%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, CALDWELL H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.4%; this one delivers 62.3%.
Across the wider county, census data for Burleson County shows median household income runs about $70,000, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Burleson County runs 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,128 students), of which CALDWELL H S is one.
Nearest neighbor: CALDWELL J H, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts CALDWELL H S at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 51.8%.
CALDWELL H S operates from an outlying location.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CALDWELL H S has climbed 9%, going from 526 students in 2018 to 574 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 55% to 50%.
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