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DEL VALLE H S
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 16 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 3 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 9 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 32% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 DEL VALLE H S
DEL VALLE H S is one of the sprawling four-year high schools in DEL VALLE, Texas, overseen by DEL VALLE ISD, with 3,641 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so DEL VALLE H S sits 357% above that benchmark.
DEL VALLE ISD runs 15 schools in total, collectively educating 11,715 students. DEL VALLE H S is one of those campuses.
On the student-mix side, DEL VALLE H S logs that nearly all students (84%) are Hispanic. Beyond that, the school shows 9% Black, 4% White. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.
On the resource side, On paper, DEL VALLE H S has 215 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 16.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting DEL VALLE H S higher than the state norm the norm. About 89% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Travis County (around 54%), the school's rate is north of typical.
After controlling for student poverty, DEL VALLE H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 35.0%; this one delivers 32.1%.
In the surrounding community, census data for Travis County shows median household income runs about $99,611, roughly 57% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. DEL VALLE H S is one of 333 public schools in Travis County (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students).
The closest other public school is DEL VALLE OPPORTUNITY CTR, roughly 0.2 miles away. 6 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts DEL VALLE H S at 1st of 8; the average score across the group is 25.8%.
The campus sits in a low-density setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 16%: 3,126 students in 2018 compared to 3,641 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, members of the DEL VALLE H S community share and discuss school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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