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CANYON LAKE H S
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 32 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 2 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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 CANYON LAKE H S
CANYON LAKE H S, a medium-sized senior high in FISCHER, Texas, operated by COMAL ISD, caters to 1,066 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 34% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.
Across the 37 schools in COMAL ISD (29,839 students total), CANYON LAKE H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
In terms of who attends, CANYON LAKE H S shows that 62% of the student body identifies as White; the rest consists of 33% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 71% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, The school employs 76 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.0:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting CANYON LAKE H S tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 34% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
After controlling for student poverty, CANYON LAKE H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 58.9%, the actual is 65.5%, a residual of +6.6 points.
Zooming out to the county, Comal County reports that the typical household earns roughly $101,889 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Comal County's 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 29,653 students), CANYON LAKE H S is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is REBECCA CREEK EL, roughly 5.1 miles away. Within ten miles, there are 8 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CANYON LAKE H S ranks 4th on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 63.6%.
CANYON LAKE H S operates from a countryside location.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CANYON LAKE H S has edged up 4%, going from 1,023 students in 2018 to 1,066 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment edged up from 28% to 33% over that span.
Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the CANYON LAKE H S community share and discuss pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
Comal County at a glance
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