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GEORGETOWN H S
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 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 56 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 39 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 62% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 63% 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 GEORGETOWN H S
GEORGETOWN H S is a large high school in GEORGETOWN, Texas, one of the schools within GEORGETOWN ISD. The school enrolls 2,059 students in grades 9 through 12. That puts it 159% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.
Within GEORGETOWN ISD, which oversees 22 schools and 13,881 students, GEORGETOWN H S is one campus in the system.
Demographically, GEORGETOWN H S shows that the most-represented group is White (54%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school logs 35% Hispanic, 5% Black, 4% multiracial.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 133 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 24% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), GEORGETOWN H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 63.4%; this one delivers 62.0%.
In the broader community, community-level numbers for Williamson County indicate median household earnings sit near $111,340, about 48% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. GEORGETOWN H S is one of 208 public schools in Williamson County (combined enrollment of about 126,147 students).
Nearest neighbor: GOODWATER MONTESSORI SCHOOL, around 0.9 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 6 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GEORGETOWN H S ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 27.5%.
The school occupies a high-density site.
Five-year trend. GEORGETOWN H S's enrollment has expanded 5% since 2018, when it stood at 1,960 (now 2,059). The White share of enrollment shrank from 64% to 54% over that span.
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