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EDNA H S
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 59 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 29 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 5 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 EDNA H S
EDNA H S is a high school of tight-knit scale in EDNA, Texas, part of EDNA ISD, serveing 455 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 43% smaller than typical.
Within EDNA ISD, which oversees 5 schools and 1,531 students, EDNA H S is one campus in the system.
In terms of who attends, EDNA H S lists that 45% of students identify as Hispanic, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 35% White, 15% Black, 3% multiracial, 2% Asian. That is noticeably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 33%.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, EDNA H S has 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 64% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. Set against Jackson County (around 54%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, EDNA H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.1%; this one delivers 57.0%.
Zooming out to the county, Jackson County reports that median household income runs about $65,414, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. In all, Jackson County runs 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,109 students), of which EDNA H S is one.
The closest other public school is EDNA PRI, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. On composite proficiency, EDNA H S comes 2nd of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 50.6%.
The campus sits in a town-center setting.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count remained close to its prior level: 455 students in 2018 compared to 455 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share edged down from 44% to 35%.
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