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ROCKWALL-HEATH H S
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 73 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 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 37 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 17 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 70% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 ROCKWALL-HEATH H S
ROCKWALL-HEATH H S operates as a substantial senior high in HEATH, Texas, overseen by ROCKWALL ISD. Current enrollment sits at 3,072 students spanning grades 9 through 12. That puts it 286% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.
ROCKWALL ISD runs 22 schools in total, collectively educating 19,235 students. ROCKWALL-HEATH H S is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, ROCKWALL-HEATH H S reports that 48% of students identify as White, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups. Beyond that, the school shows 29% Hispanic, 14% Black, 4% multiracial, 4% Asian. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 68%.
In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 187 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 16.5:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. An estimated 29% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, ROCKWALL-HEATH H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 61.3%, the actual is 69.5%, a residual of +8.2 points.
Across the wider county, the surrounding county (Rockwall County) shows that median household income runs about $127,981, about 45% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 3% of residents live below the federal poverty line. ROCKWALL-HEATH H S is one of 34 public schools in Rockwall County (combined enrollment of about 24,104 students).
Nearest neighbor: AMY PARKS-HEATH EL, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ROCKWALL-HEATH H S at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 60.0%.
The school occupies a residential site.
Trend over the last 7 years. ROCKWALL-HEATH H S's enrollment has grew 28% since 2018, when it stood at 2,401 (now 3,072). The White share of enrollment fell from 60% to 48% over that span.
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Rockwall County at a glance
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