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LIVINGSTON H S
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 13 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 7 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 46% 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 LIVINGSTON H S
LIVINGSTON H S is a mid-sized senior high in LIVINGSTON, Texas, run under LIVINGSTON ISD. The school caters to 1,147 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 44% larger than typical.
Across the 7 schools in LIVINGSTON ISD (4,016 students total), LIVINGSTON H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Demographically, LIVINGSTON H S shows that White students make up the majority at 55%. Other groups include 31% Hispanic, 10% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 75% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, LIVINGSTON H S reports 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.2:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting LIVINGSTON H S higher than the state norm the norm. Around 48% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Polk County's rate of about 65%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, LIVINGSTON H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.8%; this one delivers 45.5%.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Polk County put median household income runs about $62,259, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 15%. In all, Polk County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 7,045 students), of which LIVINGSTON H S is one.
The closest other public school is LIVINGSTON H S ACADEMY, roughly 0.0 miles away. Within five miles, there are 6 other public schools. On composite proficiency, LIVINGSTON H S comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, ahead of the nearby-schools average of 42.9%.
The school occupies a small-town site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 9%: 1,054 students in 2018 compared to 1,147 in 2025. The Hispanic share of enrollment increased from 22% to 31% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 17.2:1 today.
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