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EUSTACE 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 67 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 34 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 8 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About EUSTACE H S
EUSTACE H S, a modestly sized four-year high school in EUSTACE, Texas, one of the schools within EUSTACE ISD, serves 478 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 40% smaller than typical.
EUSTACE ISD runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 1,711 students. EUSTACE H S is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, EUSTACE H S logs that White students make up the majority at 75%. Beyond that, the school records 18% Hispanic, 5% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Henderson County as a whole.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting EUSTACE H S tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 51% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Henderson County (around 66%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), EUSTACE H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.5%, the actual is 56.8%, a residual of +5.3 points.
Across the wider county, Henderson County reports that median household earnings sit near $65,179, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. EUSTACE H S is one of 32 public schools in Henderson County (combined enrollment of about 11,150 students).
Nearest neighbor: EUSTACE MIDDLE, around 0.2 miles off. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), EUSTACE H S ranks 2nd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 47.8%.
The campus sits in a small-town setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. EUSTACE H S's enrollment has rose 4% since 2018, when it stood at 458 (now 478). The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 11% to 18% over that span.
Within the allk12 community for this school, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
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