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MABANK H S
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About MABANK H S
MABANK H S is a mid-sized high school in MABANK, Texas, overseen by MABANK ISD. The school instructs 1,173 students in grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 47% above typical.
MABANK ISD comprises 6 schools with combined enrollment of 4,118 students; MABANK H S is among them.
For racial and ethnic makeup, MABANK H S reports that the largest single group is White, at 65% of enrollment. The remainder looks like 28% Hispanic, 3% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Kaufman County as a whole is about 54% White, so the school skews considerably more White than its surroundings.
Looking at school resources, Staff filings list 85 full-time-equivalent teachers, which works out to roughly 13.7:1 students per teacher. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting MABANK H S tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, MABANK 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 53.6%, a residual of +6.4 points.
In the area at large, census data for Kaufman County shows the typical household earns roughly $89,485 per year, about 27% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. MABANK H S is one of 65 public schools in Kaufman County (combined enrollment of about 41,319 students).
The closest other public school is MABANK J H, roughly 0.4 miles away. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, MABANK H S comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, above the nearby-schools average of 48.6%.
The campus sits in a small-town setting.
Looking at the recent track record. MABANK H S's enrollment has increased 13% since 2018, when it stood at 1,035 (now 1,173). The White share of enrollment decreased from 79% to 65% over that span.
Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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