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LONDON 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 91 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 76 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 87% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 68% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 19 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About LONDON H S
Located at 1306 FM 43, in CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas, LONDON H S is a small senior high that works with 541 students (grades 9 through 12), overseen by LONDON ISD. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 32% below typical.
Across the 4 schools in LONDON ISD (1,808 students total), LONDON H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
For racial and ethnic makeup, LONDON H S lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 58% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 35% White, 4% Asian.
In terms of school funding signals, LONDON H S lists 32 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.1:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 14% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Nueces County's rate of about 67%.
With demographic context factored in, LONDON H S is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 67.7%; this one delivers 86.9%, a residual of +19.1 points.
In the area at large, census data for Nueces County shows median household earnings sit near $66,897, about 24% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. LONDON H S is one of 124 public schools in Nueces County (combined enrollment of about 59,619 students).
Nearest neighbor: LONDON MIDDLE, around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), LONDON H S ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 49.1%.
LONDON H S operates from an outlying location.
Over the past 7-year window. LONDON H S's enrollment has edged up 103% since 2018, when it stood at 266 (now 541). The White share of enrollment shrank from 51% to 35% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio widened from 11.9:1 in 2018 to 17.1:1 today.
Within the allk12 community for this school, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Nueces County at a glance
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