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SINTON H S
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About SINTON H S
SINTON H S is one of the small senior highs in SINTON, Texas, operated by SINTON ISD, with 547 students on its rolls from grades 9 through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 31% smaller than the state mean of about 796.
Across the 5 schools in SINTON ISD (1,961 students total), SINTON H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
For racial and ethnic makeup, SINTON H S shows that nearly all students (82%) are Hispanic; the rest breaks down as 16% White. The wider county runs roughly 57% Hispanic, putting the school's mix visibly more Hispanic than the area baseline.
On the resource side, The school currently runs with 43 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.7:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Roughly 62% of students at SINTON H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
With demographic context factored in, SINTON H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 46.8%, the actual is 53.0%, a residual of +6.2 points.
Around the school, the surrounding county (San Patricio County) logs that median household income runs about $69,704, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across San Patricio County's 33 public schools (combined enrollment of about 13,920 students), SINTON H S is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is WELDER EL, roughly 0.2 miles away. 4 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SINTON H S at 1st of 6; the average score across the group is 32.2%.
The school occupies a town-based site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged down 12%: 625 students in 2018 compared to 547 in 2025.
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