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CLEBURNE H S
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 28 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 2 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 CLEBURNE H S
CLEBURNE H S, a well-populated 9-12 campus in CLEBURNE, Texas, overseen by CLEBURNE ISD, works with 1,849 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 132% larger than typical.
Within CLEBURNE ISD, which oversees 11 schools and 6,877 students, CLEBURNE H S is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, CLEBURNE H S logs that 46% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school logs 43% White, 4% multiracial, 4% Black, 2% Pacific Islander. The wider county runs roughly 25% Hispanic, putting the school's mix meaningfully more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, The school reports having 144 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.8:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 67% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Johnson County runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is above the surrounding baseline.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), CLEBURNE H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 44.8%, the actual is 51.0%, a residual of +6.2 points.
Zooming out to the county, census data for Johnson County shows median household earnings sit near $84,859, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. CLEBURNE H S is one of 77 public schools in Johnson County (combined enrollment of about 39,004 students).
Nearest neighbor: AD WHEAT MIDDLE, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around CLEBURNE H S. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), CLEBURNE H S ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 38.7%.
CLEBURNE H S operates from a town-center location.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 5%: 1,767 students in 2018 compared to 1,849 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 48% to 43% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 15.3:1 in 2018 to 12.8:1 today.
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