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Pottsboro High School
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 119 | 26% |
| Grade 10 | 120 | 26% |
| Grade 11 | 99 | 22% |
| Grade 12 | 122 | 27% |
School pathway
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 74 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 66 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 14 points since 2022.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 8.0% | 66.0% | 13.0% | 13.0% |
| Mathematics | 21.0% | 45.0% | 26.0% | 8.0% |
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 74.0% | 66.0% |
| 2024-25 | 72.0% | 61.0% |
| 2023-24 | 76.0% | 55.0% |
| 2022-23 | 60.0% | N/A |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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%.
Where Pottsboro High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Grayson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.8% | #286 of 1,385 | #3 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #197 of 1,425 | #1 of 12 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 74.0% | #293 of 1,425 | #4 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 460 | #952 of 2,107 | #5 of 18 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.8:1 | #528 of 1,344 | #10 of 12 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 34.2% | #961 of 1,346 | #11 of 12 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 32.4% | #1,334 of 1,522 | #9 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.2% | #442 of 672 | #8 of 11 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 460 | 33.4 | 13.8:1 | 32% (149) |
| 2023-24 | 462 | 33.4 | 13.8:1 | 29% (135) |
| 2022-23 | 487 | 35.4 | 13.8:1 | 30% (147) |
| 2020-21 | 444 | 34 | 13.1:1 | 28% (123) |
| 2017-18 | 429 | 32.5 | 13.2:1 | 31% (132) |
| 2015-16 | 436 | 31 | 14.1:1 | 32% (140) |
| 2010-11 | 338 | 32 | 10.6:1 | 29% (97) |
| 2000-01 | 435 | 32 | 13.6:1 | 12% (52) |
| 1990-91 | 270 | 20 | 13.5:1 | N/A |
About Pottsboro High School
Pottsboro High School is a small high school with its address in POTTSBORO, Texas. The school runs grades 9 through 12 and enrolls 460 students. That compares with an average of about 796 students for high schools in Texas.
POTTSBORO ISD (4 schools, 1,453 students) runs Pottsboro High School.
Roughly 80% of students at Pottsboro High School are White. Enrollment also includes 10% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. Grayson County residents are about 76% White, a similar share. The diversity index for Pottsboro High School is 34%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Pottsboro High School has 33.4 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 13.8:1. By comparison, the average for high schools in Texas is 15.1:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 32% at Pottsboro High School. That is lower than the 53% average for public schools in Grayson County.
Pottsboro High School scores 67.8% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 59.9%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Grayson County show that the median household earns about $72,182 a year, about 24% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Across Grayson County, 68 public schools serve about 25,915 students.
Pottsboro Elementary School, about 0.5 miles away, is the closest public school. Other public schools within five miles number at least 8.
NCES describes the area around Pottsboro High School as Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
Enrollment increased 4% over 4 years, reaching 460 in 2024-25.
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