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MAGNOLIA H S
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 68 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 40 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 40 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 16 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 64% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 MAGNOLIA H S
MAGNOLIA H S, a big high school in MAGNOLIA, Texas, operated by MAGNOLIA ISD, instructs 2,292 students, covering grades 9 through 12. That puts it 188% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.
Within MAGNOLIA ISD, which oversees 17 schools and 14,916 students, MAGNOLIA H S is one campus in the system.
On demographics, MAGNOLIA H S reports that 55% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school reports 36% Hispanic, 4% Black, 3% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 67% White, putting the school's mix considerably less White than the area baseline.
Looking at school resources, MAGNOLIA H S records 135 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.0:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 30% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is below Montgomery County's rate of about 48%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, MAGNOLIA H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 60.8%; this one delivers 63.8%.
Around the school, Montgomery County reports that median household income runs about $97,701, roughly 39% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. In all, Montgomery County runs 160 public schools (combined enrollment of about 134,595 students), of which MAGNOLIA H S is one.
Nearest neighbor: AUDUBON EL, around 1.8 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MAGNOLIA H S. On composite proficiency, MAGNOLIA H S comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 53.4%.
MAGNOLIA H S operates from a small-town location.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 17%: 1,961 students in 2018 compared to 2,292 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 66% to 55%.
On the community side, the feed for MAGNOLIA H S typically covers school events, parent volunteer needs, and clubs. The community welcomes input from current and former families.
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