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JUDSON H S
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 15 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 2020, while math scores are down about 1 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 JUDSON H S
Set in CONVERSE, Texas, JUDSON H S is a well-populated senior high, operated by JUDSON ISD. It enrolls 2,498 students across grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 214% larger than the state mean of about 796.
Across the 36 schools in JUDSON ISD (23,539 students total), JUDSON H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
For racial and ethnic makeup, JUDSON H S shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 56%. Beyond that, the school lists 27% Black, 10% White, 4% multiracial. Compared to Bexar County overall, the school's racial mix sits in roughly the same range.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 169 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 14.8:1 students per teacher. That tracks the state average closely. An estimated 74% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator. Set against Bexar County (around 63%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), JUDSON H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.5%, the actual is 38.4%, a residual of -3.2 points.
In the surrounding community, Bexar County reports that the typical household earns roughly $72,341 per year, 32% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 11%. JUDSON H S is one of 638 public schools in Bexar County (combined enrollment of about 368,487 students).
Nearest neighbor: JUDSON CARE ACADEMY, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. On composite proficiency, JUDSON H S comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 44.3%.
Geographically, the school is in an outer-ring area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at JUDSON H S has edged down 18%, going from 3,031 students in 2018 to 2,498 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 16% to 10%.
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