GORMAN 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 59 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 19 points since 2020.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 49% 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 GORMAN H S
GORMAN H S is a four-year high school of minimally staffed scale in GORMAN, Texas, part of GORMAN ISD, caters to 87 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so GORMAN H S sits 89% smaller than that benchmark.
GORMAN ISD runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 242 students. GORMAN H S is one of those campuses.
In terms of who attends, GORMAN H S reports that 61% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school records 36% Hispanic, 2% Pacific Islander. The wider county runs roughly 81% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, GORMAN H S has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 6.6:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 57% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
With demographic context factored in, GORMAN H S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 48.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 59.9%.
Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Eastland County indicate median household earnings sit near $53,549, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. GORMAN H S is one of 16 public schools in Eastland County (combined enrollment of about 2,515 students).
GORMAN MIDDLE is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.0 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, GORMAN H S comes 4th of 9 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 54.5%.
The campus sits in an outlying setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 5%: 83 students in 2018 compared to 87 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share declined from 41% to 36%. Class-load math has fell: from 8.6:1 in 2018 to 6.6:1 in 2025.
Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Eastland County at a glance
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