STANTON 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 46 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 21 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 22 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 22 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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 STANTON H S
As a small 9-12 campus in STANTON, Texas, STANTON H S instructs 328 students from grades 9 through 12, overseen by STANTON ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so STANTON H S sits 59% smaller than that benchmark.
STANTON H S is one of 3 schools operated by STANTON ISD, a district that enrolls 1,062 students overall.
Looking at the student body, STANTON H S shows that 70% of the student body identifies as Hispanic. Beyond that, the school records 27% White. By comparison, Martin County as a whole is about 48% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, STANTON H S shows 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 11.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting STANTON H S tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 41% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, STANTON H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.2%, the actual is 46.5%, a residual of -9.7 points.
In the broader community, community-level numbers for Martin County indicate median household income runs about $93,734, roughly 21% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. In all, Martin County runs 4 public schools (combined enrollment of about 1,303 students), of which STANTON H S is one.
Nearest neighbor: STANTON MIDDLE, around 0.5 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. On composite proficiency, STANTON H S comes 4th of 7 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 51.5%.
STANTON H S operates from a rural location.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 21%: 271 students in 2018 compared to 328 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 63% to 70% across the same window.
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