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CHINA SPRING H S
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 73 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 43 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 37 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 72% 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 CHINA SPRING H S
CHINA SPRING H S, an average-sized high school in CHINA SPRING, Texas, overseen by CHINA SPRING ISD, enrolls 959 students, covering grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so CHINA SPRING H S sits 20% larger than that benchmark.
Within CHINA SPRING ISD, which oversees 6 schools and 3,013 students, CHINA SPRING H S is one campus in the system.
Demographically, CHINA SPRING H S lists that White students make up the majority at 62%. Beyond that, the school reports 23% Hispanic, 8% Black, 5% multiracial. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
Looking at the economic backdrop, Staff filings list 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.2:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 28% 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 lower than McLennan County's rate of about 62%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, CHINA SPRING H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.7%, the actual is 72.0%, a residual of +10.3 points.
In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for McLennan County indicate the typical household earns roughly $66,643 per year, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. Across McLennan County's 124 public schools (combined enrollment of about 45,703 students), CHINA SPRING H S is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: CHINA SPRING MIDDLE, around 0.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 6 other public schools cluster around CHINA SPRING H S. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CHINA SPRING H S ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 55.4%.
Geographically, the school is in an urban area.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at CHINA SPRING H S has ticked up 18%, going from 810 students in 2018 to 959 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share fell from 75% to 62%.
On the community side, members of the CHINA SPRING H S community share and discuss science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
McLennan County at a glance
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