FRUITVALE 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 46 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 46 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 5 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 FRUITVALE H S
FRUITVALE H S is a 9-12 campus of tiny scale in FRUITVALE, Texas, part of FRUITVALE ISD, works with 99 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 88% smaller than the state mean of about 796.
FRUITVALE H S is one of 3 schools operated by FRUITVALE ISD, a district that caters to 385 students overall.
In terms of who attends, FRUITVALE H S reports that nearly all students (83%) are White. The remainder looks like 16% Hispanic. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 10 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.0:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Van Zandt County (around 56%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, FRUITVALE H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.7%; this one delivers 47.8%.
In the surrounding community, community-level numbers for Van Zandt County indicate median household income runs about $69,475, roughly 20% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. FRUITVALE H S is one of 29 public schools in Van Zandt County (combined enrollment of about 10,738 students).
The closest other public school is FRUITVALE MIDDLE, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. On composite proficiency, FRUITVALE H S comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 48.6%.
The school occupies a countryside site.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count decreased 15%: 116 students in 2018 compared to 99 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 9% to 16% across the same window.
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