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GRAHAM 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 57 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 42 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 11 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 61% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 GRAHAM H S
As a middle-of-the-pack senior high in GRAHAM, Texas, GRAHAM H S educates 694 students from grades 9 through 12, overseen by GRAHAM ISD.
GRAHAM ISD runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 2,148 students. GRAHAM H S is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, GRAHAM H S records that 67% of the student body identifies as White; the rest looks like 30% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 82% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.
On the resource side, On paper, GRAHAM H S has 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 40% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Young County (around 51%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.
With demographic context factored in, GRAHAM H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 56.3%; this one delivers 61.3%.
Around the school, Young County reports that median household income runs about $68,010, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Young County runs 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,066 students), of which GRAHAM H S is one.
The closest other public school is GRAHAM LEARNING CTR, roughly 0.0 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around GRAHAM H S. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), GRAHAM H S ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 53.2%.
The campus sits in a town-center setting.
Looking at the recent track record. GRAHAM H S's enrollment has rose 3% since 2018, when it stood at 675 (now 694).
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Young County at a glance
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