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Enrollment
2,949
High
DISTRICT 2,027 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ROCKWALL ISD·NCES 483765004221
Rockwall High School
901 YELLOWJACKET LN, ROCKWALL, TX 75087 · (972) 771-7339 · Rockwall County
GRADES 09–12HIGH21-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL2,949 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
190 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 17.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
19%
573 students
DISTRICT 29% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 782 | 27% |
| Grade 10 | 744 | 25% |
| Grade 11 | 687 | 23% |
| Grade 12 | 736 | 25% |
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
78.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +31.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
69.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +27.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 69 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 31 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 27 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 23.0% | 55.0% | 12.0% | 10.0% |
| Mathematics | 27.0% | 42.0% | 25.0% | 6.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 78.0% | 69.0% |
| 2024-25 | 79.0% | 67.0% |
| 2023-24 | 80.0% | 72.0% |
| 2022-23 | 46.0% | 61.0% |
| 2021-22 | 48.0% | 31.0% |
| 2020-21 | 47.0% | 42.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
80.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
65.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+15.4pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 81% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 65% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Rockwall High School
Rockwall High School's state test result (80.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rockwall High School this school | 2,949 | 19.4% | 80.8% |
| Kingwood High School KINGWOOD | 2,877 | 16.9% | 76.3% |
| McKinney Boyd High School MCKINNEY | 2,547 | 19.3% | 73.8% |
| Guyer High School DENTON | 2,577 | 24.4% | 72.3% |
| Liberty Hill High School LIBERTY HILL | 2,156 | 18.9% | 66.0% |
| Grand Oaks High School SPRING | 3,836 | 22.5% | 70.0% |
Matched among Texas high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Rockwall High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 80.8% | #92 of 1,385 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 69.0% | #150 of 1,425 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #215 of 1,425 ▼ 38 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +20.0pp | #418 of 1,184 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 2,949 | #89 of 2,107 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.5:1 | #820 of 1,344 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 60.0% | #358 of 1,346 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 19.4% | #1,453 of 1,522 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +13.5% | #303 of 672 |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
2,949
+102 (+4%) vs 2020
+129% since 1990-91, when it was 1,289
Student : Teacher
15.5:1
was 19.1:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 2,949 | 190.3 | 15.5:1 | 19% (573) |
| 2023-24 | 2,900 | 173.9 | 16.7:1 | 21% (606) |
| 2022-23 | 2,867 | 166.3 | 17.2:1 | 19% (552) |
| 2020-21 | 2,847 | 149 | 19.1:1 | 16% (461) |
| 2017-18 | 2,598 | 143 | 18.2:1 | 15% (400) |
| 2015-16 | 2,409 | 136 | 17.7:1 | 16% (392) |
| 2010-11 | 2,140 | 131 | 16.3:1 | 17% (357) |
| 2000-01 | 1,762 | 105 | 16.8:1 | 8% (146) |
| 1990-91 | 1,289 | 69 | 18.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rockwall High School.
Since 2017-18: students up 14% (2,598 to 2,949); teachers up 33% (143 to 190.3).
About Rockwall High School
Rockwall High School is a large high school in Texas, located in ROCKWALL. Students in grades 9 through 12 make up the school's enrollment of 2,949 students. High schools in Texas have about 796 students on average; enrollment here is 270% higher.
Across its 22 schools, ROCKWALL ISD enrolls 19,235 students. Rockwall High School is one of those schools.
At Rockwall High School, 59% of students are White. Other students are 20% Hispanic, 11% Black, 5% multiracial, and 5% Asian. That is lower than the 68% White share among all Rockwall County residents. The diversity index for Rockwall High School is 60%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
For every teacher at Rockwall High School, there are about 15.5 students; the school has 190.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is in line with the 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 19%. For comparison, public schools in Rockwall County average 29%.
On BeatsExpectations, which compares test results with what a school's student poverty level would predict, Rockwall High School ranks in the top 10% in Texas. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 80.8%, against a prediction of 65.4%.
In Rockwall County, median household income comes to about $127,981, roughly 45% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 3%. The county's public schools total 34, with about 24,104 students.
Amanda Rochell Elementary School is about 0.5 miles from Rockwall High School, the shortest distance to any other public school. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Of the 8 nearby schools with scores, including this one, Rockwall High School is 1st on average proficiency.
Rockwall High School is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, a location NCES labels Suburb: Large.
In 2020-21, Rockwall High School enrolled 2,847 students. By 2024-25, that number had grown to 2,949. The student-to-teacher ratio dropped from 19.1:1 in 2020-21 to 15.5:1 in 2024-25.
This page is set up for the Rockwall High School community to discuss special education services, counseling, and support programs. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Rockwall County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
123,617
Census ACS
Median income
$127,981
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
45%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
3%
Below federal line
Schools in county
34
24,104 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ROCKWALL ISD
- Rockwall-Heath High SchoolHigh · 3,072 students
- Maurine Cain Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,173 students
- Herman E Utley Middle SchoolMiddle · 968 students
- Linda Lyon Elementary SchoolElementary · 886 students
- Lupe Garcia Elementary SchoolElementary · 864 students
- J W Williams Middle SchoolMiddle · 819 students
Other schools in ROCKWALL
- Maurine Cain Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,173 students
- Herman E Utley Middle SchoolMiddle · 968 students
- J W Williams Middle SchoolMiddle · 819 students
- Sherry and Paul Hamm Elementary SchoolElementary · 721 students
- Sharon Shannon Elementary SchoolElementary · 668 students
- Virginia Reinhardt Elementary SchoolElementary · 653 students
Nearby schools
- Amanda Rochell Elementary School0.5 mi · 423
- Herman E Utley Middle School1.0 mi · 968
- Ouida Springer1.7 mi · 595
- Dorris A Jones Elementary School1.7 mi · 636
- Howard Dobbs Elementary School2.0 mi · 565
- Rockwall Quest Academy2.2 mi · 61
Frequently asked questions
About Rockwall High SchoolHow many students attend Rockwall High School?
Rockwall High School enrolls approximately 2,949 students in grades 09-12.
What age range does Rockwall High School serve?
Rockwall High School serves students from grade 09 through grade 12.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Rockwall High School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rockwall High School is approximately 15.5:1 (190 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Rockwall High School?
Rockwall High School reports a student body of 59% White, 20% Hispanic, 11% Black, 5% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Rockwall High School public or private?
Rockwall High School is a public K-12 school, overseen by ROCKWALL ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.