LIPAN 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 64 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 31 points since 2020.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 LIPAN H S
As a tiny 9-12 campus in LIPAN, Texas, LIPAN H S enrolls 249 students from grades 6 through 12, overseen by LIPAN ISD. Enrollment runs roughly 69% leaner than the state mean of about 796.
LIPAN H S is one of 2 schools operated by LIPAN ISD, a district that caters to 478 students overall.
Demographically, LIPAN H S lists that nearly all students (85%) are White. Beyond that, the school logs 12% Hispanic, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Hood County as a whole.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 26 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 9.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting LIPAN H S tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 47% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), LIPAN H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.2%, the actual is 47.4%, a residual of -5.8 points.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Hood County) records that median household income runs about $88,160, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. Across Hood County's 18 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,530 students), LIPAN H S is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: LIPAN EL, around 0.0 miles off. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts LIPAN H S at 7th of 9; the average score across the group is 56.8%.
Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 56%: 160 students in 2018 compared to 249 in 2025.
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