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LIT CYPR-MRCEVILLE 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 58 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 33 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 2 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 48% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About LIT CYPR-MRCEVILLE H S
LIT CYPR-MRCEVILLE H S is one of the mid-sized senior highs in ORANGE, Texas, operated by LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE CISD, with 1,001 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 26% above the state mean of about 796.
Across the 6 schools in LITTLE CYPRESS-MAURICEVILLE CISD (3,320 students total), LIT CYPR-MRCEVILLE H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On the student-mix side, LIT CYPR-MRCEVILLE H S reports that White students make up the majority at 73%. Beyond that, the school shows 14% Hispanic, 7% Black, 4% multiracial.
On the income-and-resources front, Staff filings list 74 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.5:1 students per teacher. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 51% of students at LIT CYPR-MRCEVILLE H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
After controlling for student poverty, LIT CYPR-MRCEVILLE H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 51.6%, the actual is 47.5%, a residual of -4.1 points.
Around the school, Orange County reports that the typical household earns roughly $72,104 per year, 18% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. LIT CYPR-MRCEVILLE H S is one of 25 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 15,100 students).
Nearest neighbor: LITTLE CYPRESS J H, around 0.9 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around LIT CYPR-MRCEVILLE H S. On composite proficiency, LIT CYPR-MRCEVILLE H S comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 29.6%.
Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.
Trend over the last 7 years. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at LIT CYPR-MRCEVILLE H S has changed only slightly, going from 1,009 students in 2018 to 1,001 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share declined from 77% to 73%.
On the community side, the feed for LIT CYPR-MRCEVILLE H S typically covers science fair prep, picture-day reminders, and bus-route questions. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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