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NAVASOTA H S
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 14 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 17 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 23 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 NAVASOTA H S
NAVASOTA H S, a mid-sized secondary school in NAVASOTA, Texas, one of the schools within NAVASOTA ISD, educates 919 students, covering grades 9 through 12.
Across the 6 schools in NAVASOTA ISD (3,117 students total), NAVASOTA H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
In terms of who attends, NAVASOTA H S logs that 60% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. The remainder looks like 20% White, 17% Black, 2% multiracial. The wider county runs roughly 26% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, NAVASOTA H S records 73 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 12.6:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 71% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, NAVASOTA H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 42.8%; this one delivers 37.5%.
Around the school, the surrounding county (Grimes County) logs that the typical household earns roughly $69,803 per year, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Grimes County's 12 public schools (combined enrollment of about 4,974 students), NAVASOTA H S is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is NAVASOTA J H, roughly 0.1 miles away. Within five miles, there are 4 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts NAVASOTA H S at 5th of 7; the average score across the group is 42.9%.
The campus sits in a small-town setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at NAVASOTA H S has ticked up 20%, going from 767 students in 2018 to 919 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share rose from 51% to 60%. Class-load math has loosened: from 10.9:1 in 2018 to 12.6:1 in 2025.
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