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DUBLIN H S
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Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 64 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 61 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 27 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 26 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 39% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 23 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About DUBLIN H S
As a cozy high school in DUBLIN, Texas, DUBLIN H S instructs 486 students from grades 7 through 12, one of the schools within DUBLIN ISD. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 39% leaner than typical.
DUBLIN ISD comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,125 students; DUBLIN H S is among them.
On the student-mix side, DUBLIN H S reports that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 63% of enrollment; the rest reads as 35% White. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 22%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting DUBLIN H S tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 80% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is higher than Erath County's rate of about 51%.
With demographic context factored in, DUBLIN H S is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 38.8%; this one delivers 61.9%, a residual of +23.1 points.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Erath County) records that median household earnings sit near $65,115, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. Across Erath County's 17 public schools (combined enrollment of about 5,893 students), DUBLIN H S is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is DUBLIN INT, roughly 0.8 miles away. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, DUBLIN H S comes 2nd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 53.1%.
The school occupies a small-town site.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at DUBLIN H S has held roughly steady, going from 488 students in 2018 to 486 in 2025.
In the discussion threads here, the feed for DUBLIN H S typically covers classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
Erath County at a glance
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