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MOE AND GENE JOHNSON H S
Test scores
STAAR 2024-25 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 53 and 43. Reading scores are up about 44 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 29 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 59% 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%.
About MOE AND GENE JOHNSON H S
As a sizable four-year high school in BUDA, Texas, MOE AND GENE JOHNSON H S enrolls 2,870 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by HAYS CISD. That puts it 261% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.
MOE AND GENE JOHNSON H S is one of 27 schools operated by HAYS CISD, a district that serves 24,330 students overall.
Demographically, MOE AND GENE JOHNSON H S lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 61% of enrollment; the rest comes out to 32% White, 3% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Hays County as a whole is about 39% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, MOE AND GENE JOHNSON H S logs 146 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 19.7:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 33% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. By comparison, Hays County runs at roughly 46%, so the school's eligibility rate is somewhat below the surrounding baseline.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), MOE AND GENE JOHNSON H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 59.4%, the actual is 66.0%, a residual of +6.6 points.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Hays County put the typical household earns roughly $89,097 per year, about 43% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Hays County's 63 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,946 students), MOE AND GENE JOHNSON H S is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is CARPENTER HILL EL, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around MOE AND GENE JOHNSON H S. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts MOE AND GENE JOHNSON H S at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 56.6%.
MOE AND GENE JOHNSON H S operates from a low-density location.
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