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SNYDER H S
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Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 41 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 25 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 8 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 47% 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 SNYDER H S
As a mid-sized four-year high school in SNYDER, Texas, SNYDER H S educates 720 students from grades 9 through 12, one of the schools within SNYDER ISD.
SNYDER H S is one of 4 schools operated by SNYDER ISD, a district that caters to 2,317 students overall.
Looking at the student body, SNYDER H S shows that Hispanic students make up the majority at 69%. Other groups include 26% White, 2% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 43% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 53 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 13.5:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. An estimated 61% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
After controlling for student poverty, SNYDER H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 47.1%, the actual is 46.9%, a residual of -0.3 points.
Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Scurry County indicate median household earnings sit near $60,039, about 13% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Scurry County's 6 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,859 students), SNYDER H S is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: SNYDER PRI, around 0.4 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 3 other public schools cluster around SNYDER H S. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SNYDER H S at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 41.8%.
Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.
Looking at the recent track record. SNYDER H S's enrollment has held roughly steady since 2018, when it stood at 729 (now 720). Over the same period, the White share contracted from 34% to 26%.
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