SCURRY-ROSSER H S
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Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 38 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 54 points since 2020.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 SCURRY-ROSSER H S
SCURRY-ROSSER H S is a secondary school of small scale in SCURRY, Texas, overseen by SCURRY-ROSSER ISD, serveing 347 students in grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 56% leaner than the state mean of about 796.
SCURRY-ROSSER ISD comprises 3 schools with combined enrollment of 1,032 students; SCURRY-ROSSER H S is among them.
Looking at the student body, SCURRY-ROSSER H S reports that the largest single group is White, at 70% of enrollment; the rest breaks down as 27% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 54% White, putting the school's mix meaningfully more White than the area baseline.
On the resource side, The school employs 28 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.3:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 37% of students at SCURRY-ROSSER H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. By comparison, Kaufman County runs at roughly 59%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.
After controlling for student poverty, SCURRY-ROSSER H S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 57.8% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 55.5%.
In the broader community, the surrounding county (Kaufman County) reports that median household income runs about $89,485, roughly 27% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. SCURRY-ROSSER H S is one of 65 public schools in Kaufman County (combined enrollment of about 41,319 students).
SCURRY-ROSSER EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around SCURRY-ROSSER H S. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SCURRY-ROSSER H S ranks 1st on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 47.6%.
SCURRY-ROSSER H S operates from a rural location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 9%: 318 students in 2018 compared to 347 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 18% to 27% across the same window.
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