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LAGO VISTA H S
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About LAGO VISTA H S
LAGO VISTA H S operates as a close-knit secondary school in LAGO VISTA, Texas, one of the schools within LAGO VISTA ISD. Current enrollment sits at 650 students spanning grades 9 through 12.
Across the 4 schools in LAGO VISTA ISD (1,887 students total), LAGO VISTA H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On the student-mix side, LAGO VISTA H S records that White students make up the majority at 62%; the rest looks like 30% Hispanic, 6% multiracial.
On the resource side, Staff filings list 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.4:1 students per teacher. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. An estimated 23% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Travis County (around 54%), the school's rate is meaningfully below typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), LAGO VISTA H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 63.9%, the actual is 60.3%, a residual of -3.6 points.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Travis County put median household income runs about $99,611, 57% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. LAGO VISTA H S is one of 333 public schools in Travis County (combined enrollment of about 191,706 students).
Nearest neighbor: LAGO VISTA EL, around 0.8 miles off. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LAGO VISTA H S at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 56.3%.
Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LAGO VISTA H S has ticked up 45%, going from 447 students in 2018 to 650 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 75% to 62%. Class-load math has tightened: from 14.9:1 in 2018 to 13.4:1 in 2025.
On allk12, the feed for LAGO VISTA H S typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. Members of the school community can share what they know.
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