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Enrollment
3,641
High
DISTRICT 1,290 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DEL VALLE ISD·NCES 481662001424
Del Valle High School
5201 ROSS RD, DEL VALLE, TX 78617 · (512) 386-3200 · Travis County
GRADES 09–12HIGH41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL3,641 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 4% of Texas public high schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public high schools
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
215 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
89%
3,246 students
DISTRICT 89% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 946 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 987 | 27% |
| Grade 11 | 947 | 26% |
| Grade 12 | 761 | 21% |
Student demographics
28%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
29.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +3.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
17.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +10.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 29 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 17 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 3 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 3.0% | 26.0% | 21.0% | 50.0% |
| Mathematics | 4.0% | 13.0% | 44.0% | 39.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 29.0% | 17.0% |
| 2024-25 | 25.0% | 19.0% |
| 2023-24 | 29.0% | 16.0% |
| 2022-23 | 26.0% | 21.0% |
| 2021-22 | 28.0% | 17.0% |
| 2020-21 | 26.0% | 7.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
32.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.6%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Del Valle High School
Del Valle High School's state test result (32.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Del Valle High School this school | 3,641 | 89.2% | 32.5% |
| Channelview High School CHANNELVIEW | 2,917 | 89.4% | 39.2% |
| W T White High School DALLAS | 2,204 | 90.0% | 40.0% |
| Cleveland High School CLEVELAND | 3,627 | 90.6% | 30.8% |
| Aldine High School HOUSTON | 2,481 | 89.8% | 39.7% |
| Bryan Adams H S Leadership Academy DALLAS | 2,208 | 92.6% | 47.3% |
Matched among Texas high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Del Valle High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Travis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.5% | #1,299 of 1,385 | #29 of 38 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 17.0% | #1,357 of 1,425 ▼ 93 | #36 of 40 ▼ 7 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 29.0% | #1,388 of 1,425 ▼ 3 | #36 of 40 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -0.5pp | #112 of 1,184 | #4 of 40 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 3,641 | #28 of 2,107 | #1 of 69 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.9:1 | #1,058 of 1,344 | #30 of 41 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 27.8% | #1,047 of 1,346 | #31 of 41 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 89.2% | #212 of 1,522 | #9 of 49 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +16.5% | #259 of 672 | #14 of 23 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
3,641
+331 (+10%) vs 2020
+212% since 1990-91, when it was 1,166
Student : Teacher
16.9:1
was 16.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 3,641 | 215.2 | 16.9:1 | 89% (3,246) |
| 2023-24 | 3,504 | 198.6 | 17.6:1 | 88% (3,100) |
| 2022-23 | 3,460 | 192.5 | 18.0:1 | 90% (3,124) |
| 2020-21 | 3,310 | 206 | 16.1:1 | 83% (2,746) |
| 2017-18 | 3,126 | 189.6 | 16.5:1 | 71% (2,205) |
| 2015-16 | 3,003 | 176 | 17.1:1 | 79% (2,383) |
| 2010-11 | 2,270 | 165 | 13.8:1 | 80% (1,824) |
| 2000-01 | 1,466 | 108 | 13.6:1 | 47% (683) |
| 1990-91 | 1,166 | 85 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Del Valle High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 16% (3,126 to 3,641); teachers up 14% (189.6 to 215.2).
About Del Valle High School
Del Valle High School is a large high school serving families in DEL VALLE, Texas. The school counted 3,641 students in 2024-25, covering grades 9 through 12. The school is 357% bigger than the average for high schools in Texas.
DEL VALLE ISD has 11,715 students in 15 schools, and Del Valle High School is one of those schools.
Del Valle High School is 84% Hispanic by enrollment. The next largest groups are 9% Black and 4% White. In Travis County overall, about 33% of residents are Hispanic. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Del Valle High School scores 28%.
On staff are 215.2 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 16.9:1. Statewide, high schools in Texas average 15.1:1. Del Valle High School has a free or reduced-price lunch rate of 89%. It compares with 54% for public schools in Travis County.
Del Valle High School earns an F on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 4% of Texas public high schools.
The model predicts 35.6% for a school in Texas with Del Valle High School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Del Valle High School posts 32.5%.
In Travis County, median household income comes to about $99,611, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 57% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 7%. Travis County counts 333 public schools with about 191,706 students.
Among nearby public schools, Del Valle Opportunity Center is closest at about 0.2 miles. Del Valle High School is one of several public schools in the area, with 6 others within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 27.1%, lower than Del Valle High School's 32.5%.
NCES assigns Del Valle High School the locale Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
The school's student count rose 10% between the 2020-21 and 2024-25 school years.
Del Valle High School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Travis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
1,330,015
Census ACS
Median income
$99,611
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
57%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
333
191,706 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DEL VALLE ISD
- Del Valle Middle SchoolMiddle · 895 students
- Dailey Middle SchoolMiddle · 767 students
- John P Ojeda Middle SchoolMiddle · 759 students
- Del Valle Elementary SchoolElementary · 726 students
- Hornsby-Dunlap Elementary SchoolElementary · 711 students
- Popham Elementary SchoolElementary · 698 students
Other schools in DEL VALLE
- Del Valle Middle SchoolMiddle · 895 students
- Del Valle Elementary SchoolElementary · 726 students
- Popham Elementary SchoolElementary · 698 students
- Del Valle Opportunity CenterHigh · 228 students
Other Del Valle High schools
One other US public school is named Del Valle High. Del Valle High School is the largest of the 2.
- Del Valle High SchoolEL PASO, TX · 1,798 students
Nearby schools
- Del Valle Opportunity Center0.2 mi · 228
- Del Valle Elementary School0.6 mi · 726
- Del Valle Middle School0.8 mi · 895
- Popham Elementary School2.4 mi · 698
- Dailey Middle School4.6 mi · 767
- Hornsby-Dunlap Elementary School4.9 mi · 711
Frequently asked questions
About Del Valle High SchoolHow large is Del Valle High School?
Del Valle High School enrolls approximately 3,641 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Del Valle High School serve?
Del Valle High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Del Valle High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Del Valle High School is approximately 16.9:1 (215 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Del Valle High School?
Del Valle High School reports a student body of 4% White, 84% Hispanic, 9% Black, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Del Valle High School?
Del Valle High School is overseen by DEL VALLE ISD in Travis County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.