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PAMPA H S
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 42 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 28 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 down about 2 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About PAMPA H S
Located at 111 E HARVESTER, in PAMPA, Texas, PAMPA H S is a mid-sized senior high that enrolls 1,012 students (grades 9 through 12), one of the schools within PAMPA ISD. That puts it 27% bigger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.
Across the 6 schools in PAMPA ISD (3,141 students total), PAMPA H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
On the student-mix side, PAMPA H S lists that the most-represented group is Hispanic (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 46% White, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 31% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the resource side, PAMPA H S records 72 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.1:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 52% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is lower than Gray County's rate of about 63%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, PAMPA H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 51.3%; this one delivers 43.6%.
Across the wider county, ACS estimates for Gray County put the typical household earns roughly $59,614 per year, about 16% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. Across Gray County's 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,545 students), PAMPA H S is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is STEPHEN F AUSTIN EL, roughly 0.5 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around PAMPA H S. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PAMPA H S ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 35.7%.
PAMPA H S operates from a town-based location.
Five-year trend. PAMPA H S's enrollment has expanded 9% since 2018, when it stood at 929 (now 1,012). Over the same period, the Hispanic share climbed from 41% to 50%.
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Gray County at a glance
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Related schools
- PAMPA J HMiddle · 680 students
- WILLIAM B TRAVIS ELElementary · 470 students
- LAMAR ELElementary · 415 students
- STEPHEN F AUSTIN ELElementary · 371 students
- WOODROW WILSON ELElementary · 193 students
- AUSTIN ELCombined
- PAMPA J HMiddle · 680 students
- WILLIAM B TRAVIS ELElementary · 470 students
- LAMAR ELElementary · 415 students
- STEPHEN F AUSTIN ELElementary · 371 students
- WOODROW WILSON ELElementary · 193 students
- AUSTIN ELCombined
- STEPHEN F AUSTIN EL0.5 mi · 371
- WOODROW WILSON EL0.7 mi · 193
- WILLIAM B TRAVIS EL1.1 mi · 470
- PAMPA J H2.0 mi · 680
- LAMAR EL2.3 mi · 415
- LEFORS SCHOOL11.8 mi · 173