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HUTTO NINTH GRADE CENTER
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 21 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 21 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 58% 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%.
About HUTTO NINTH GRADE CENTER
HUTTO NINTH GRADE CENTER operates as an average-sized senior high in HUTTO, Texas, one of the schools within HUTTO ISD. Current enrollment sits at 808 students spanning grade 9.
HUTTO ISD runs 15 schools in total, collectively educating 10,688 students. HUTTO NINTH GRADE CENTER is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, HUTTO NINTH GRADE CENTER logs that the largest single group is Hispanic at 49%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest consists of 26% White, 14% Black, 8% multiracial, 3% Asian. That is considerably more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.
On the resource side, The school employs 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.5:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 41% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Williamson County runs at roughly 29%, so the school's eligibility rate is meaningfully above the surrounding baseline.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, HUTTO NINTH GRADE CENTER sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 55.8%; this one delivers 57.8%.
Around the school, community-level numbers for Williamson County indicate median household income runs about $111,340, 48% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 4%. HUTTO NINTH GRADE CENTER is one of 208 public schools in Williamson County (combined enrollment of about 126,147 students).
COTTONWOOD CREEK EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.8 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), HUTTO NINTH GRADE CENTER ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 42.5%.
Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.
On the community side, posts here usually surface around classroom updates, athletics, and weather closures. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
Williamson County at a glance
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