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SEMINOLE H S
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 49 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 42 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 26 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 SEMINOLE H S
Set in SEMINOLE, Texas, SEMINOLE H S is a medium-sized senior high, one of the schools within SEMINOLE ISD. It educates 835 students across grades 9 through 12.
SEMINOLE ISD runs 6 schools in total, collectively educating 3,089 students. SEMINOLE H S is one of those campuses.
Demographically, SEMINOLE H S records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 57%. Other groups include 41% White. The wider county runs roughly 40% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the income-and-resources front, SEMINOLE H S logs 75 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.2:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 47% of students at SEMINOLE H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is south of Gaines County's rate of about 62%.
With demographic context factored in, SEMINOLE H S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 53.2% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 60.4%.
Around the school, ACS estimates for Gaines County put median household income runs about $74,132, about 12% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. Across Gaines County's 8 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,764 students), SEMINOLE H S is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: YOUNG EL, around 0.3 miles off. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, SEMINOLE H S comes 1st of 6 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 42.6%.
The school occupies a town-based site.
Trend over the last 7 years. SEMINOLE H S's enrollment has expanded 10% since 2018, when it stood at 760 (now 835). Hispanic enrollment moved from 47% to 57% across the same window.
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