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LLANO H S
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STAAR 2024-25 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 53 and 43. Reading scores are up about 29 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 11 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 LLANO H S
Located at 2509 S STATE HWY 16, in LLANO, Texas, LLANO H S is a tight-knit 9-12 campus that serves 500 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within LLANO ISD. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 37% below typical.
LLANO H S is one of 4 schools operated by LLANO ISD, a district that caters to 1,968 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, LLANO H S lists that 62% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 34% Hispanic, 2% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 87%.
In terms of school funding signals, Staff filings list 46 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 11.0:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting LLANO H S tighter than the state norm the norm. About 62% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), LLANO H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.3%, the actual is 51.8%, a residual of +4.5 points.
In the surrounding community, census data for Llano County shows median household income runs about $67,530, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. LLANO H S is one of 5 public schools in Llano County (combined enrollment of about 2,113 students).
The closest other public school is LLANO J H, roughly 0.5 miles away. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, LLANO H S comes 3rd of 7 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 42.9%.
Geographically, the school is in a countryside area.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 7%: 539 students in 2018 compared to 500 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 22% to 34% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio tightened from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 11.0:1 today.
On this page, the feed for LLANO H S typically covers pickup logistics, teacher feedback, and after-school programs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
Llano County at a glance
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