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GROESBECK H S
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 41 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 4 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 GROESBECK H S
GROESBECK H S is one of the low-enrollment secondary schools in GROESBECK, Texas, operated by GROESBECK ISD, with 497 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 38% below the state mean of about 796.
Across the 4 schools in GROESBECK ISD (1,495 students total), GROESBECK H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On demographics, GROESBECK H S records that 52% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school lists 30% Hispanic, 12% Black, 4% multiracial.
In terms of school funding signals, On paper, GROESBECK H S has 39 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.7:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 59% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Limestone County runs at roughly 74%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, GROESBECK H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 48.2%, the actual is 49.8%, a residual of +1.5 points.
Around the school, Limestone County reports that the typical household earns roughly $60,573 per year, 19% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. GROESBECK H S is one of 11 public schools in Limestone County (combined enrollment of about 3,628 students).
The closest other public school is GROESBECK MIDDLE, roughly 1.7 miles away. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, GROESBECK H S comes 1st of 7 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 32.8%.
The school occupies a rural site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at GROESBECK H S has expanded 3%, going from 484 students in 2018 to 497 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 21% to 30%.
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Limestone County at a glance
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