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SEALY H S
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 33 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 41 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 21 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 SEALY H S
Located at 2372 CHAMPIONSHIP DR, in SEALY, Texas, SEALY H S is a mid-sized secondary school that serves 1,002 students (grades 9 through 12), part of SEALY ISD. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 26% above typical.
Across the 4 schools in SEALY ISD (3,109 students total), SEALY H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
In terms of who attends, SEALY H S shows that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 57% of enrollment; the rest consists of 32% White, 7% Black, 3% multiracial. By comparison, Austin County as a whole is about 28% Hispanic, so the school skews meaningfully more Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the resource side, SEALY H S lists 68 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 14.8:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 61% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
After controlling for student poverty, SEALY H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.1%; this one delivers 53.5%.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Austin County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $75,789 per year, roughly 25% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. SEALY H S is one of 12 public schools in Austin County (combined enrollment of about 5,944 students).
The closest other public school is SELMAN EL, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around SEALY H S. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SEALY H S ranks 3rd on composite proficiency, ahead of the local average of 41.7%.
The school occupies a small-town site.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count increased 18%: 851 students in 2018 compared to 1,002 in 2025. Over the same period, the Hispanic share expanded from 45% to 57%. Class-load math has widened: from 13.7:1 in 2018 to 14.8:1 in 2025.
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