HOLLIDAY 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 83 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 HOLLIDAY H S
HOLLIDAY H S operates as a tight-knit senior high in HOLLIDAY, Texas, overseen by HOLLIDAY ISD. Current enrollment sits at 365 students spanning grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so HOLLIDAY H S sits 54% leaner than that benchmark.
Across the 3 schools in HOLLIDAY ISD (1,120 students total), HOLLIDAY H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On the student-mix side, HOLLIDAY H S reports that the student body is overwhelmingly White (84%). The remainder comes out to 12% Hispanic, 2% multiracial.
On the resource side, HOLLIDAY H S lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting HOLLIDAY H S tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 17% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Archer County runs at roughly 32%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, HOLLIDAY H S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 66.6% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 72.3%.
In the surrounding community, census data for Archer County shows the typical household earns roughly $72,159 per year, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. HOLLIDAY H S is one of 8 public schools in Archer County (combined enrollment of about 2,110 students).
Nearest neighbor: HOLLIDAY MIDDLE, around 0.0 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around HOLLIDAY H S. On composite proficiency, HOLLIDAY H S comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 53.7%.
HOLLIDAY H S operates from an outlying location.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at HOLLIDAY H S has edged up 19%, going from 307 students in 2018 to 365 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 90% to 84% across the same window.
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