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MANVEL H S
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 58 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 26 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 11 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 63% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 MANVEL H S
MANVEL H S is one of the expansive high schools in MANVEL, Texas, part of ALVIN ISD, with 2,238 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 181% larger than the state mean of about 796.
ALVIN ISD comprises 37 schools with combined enrollment of 30,038 students; MANVEL H S is among them.
For racial and ethnic makeup, MANVEL H S lists that 41% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Other groups include 40% Hispanic, 9% White, 6% Asian, 3% multiracial. That is visibly more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 16%.
Looking at school resources, MANVEL H S shows 145 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.4:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Roughly 51% of students at MANVEL H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
With demographic context factored in, MANVEL H S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 62.9%.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Brazoria County put median household earnings sit near $97,993, roughly 33% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. In all, Brazoria County runs 115 public schools (combined enrollment of about 75,767 students), of which MANVEL H S is one.
Nearest neighbor: MANVEL J H, around 0.4 miles off. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), MANVEL H S ranks 1st on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 48.0%.
The campus sits in a rural setting.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 23%: 1,826 students in 2018 compared to 2,238 in 2025. Over the same period, the White share ticked down from 24% to 9%. The student-to-teacher ratio rose from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 15.4:1 today.
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