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Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About ITASCA H S
ITASCA H S is a senior high of tiny scale in ITASCA, Texas, run under ITASCA ISD, caters to 210 students in grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so ITASCA H S sits 74% smaller than that benchmark.
ITASCA ISD runs 4 schools in total, collectively educating 638 students. ITASCA H S is one of those campuses.
For racial and ethnic makeup, ITASCA H S records that the largest single group is Hispanic at 49%, but no single group is in the majority. Beyond that, the school shows 41% White, 7% Black, 2% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 23%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, ITASCA H S lists 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 9.1:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 66% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ITASCA H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 45.0%, the actual is 43.6%, a residual of -1.4 points.
Zooming out to the county, census data for Hill County shows median household earnings sit near $64,591, about 18% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. In all, Hill County runs 34 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,430 students), of which ITASCA H S is one.
The closest other public school is ITASCA MIDDLE, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), ITASCA H S ranks 5th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 47.7%.
The campus sits in a countryside setting.
Over the past 7-year window. ITASCA H S's enrollment has rose 5% since 2018, when it stood at 200 (now 210). The Hispanic share of enrollment expanded from 41% to 49% over that span.
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Hill County at a glance
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