SUDAN 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 79 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are down about 7 points since 2022, while math scores are down about 13 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 60% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 SUDAN H S
SUDAN H S, a micro-enrollment senior high in SUDAN, Texas, run under SUDAN ISD, teaches 180 students, covering grades 8 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 77% smaller than typical.
Across the 2 schools in SUDAN ISD (452 students total), SUDAN H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
In terms of who attends, SUDAN H S records that the most-represented group is Hispanic (51%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school shows 46% White.
In terms of school funding signals, SUDAN H S lists 21 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 8.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting SUDAN H S tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 37% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Lamb County (around 69%), the school's rate is somewhat below typical.
After controlling for student poverty, SUDAN H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 57.6%; this one delivers 60.3%.
Zooming out to the county, ACS estimates for Lamb County put median household income runs about $60,760, 14% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. SUDAN H S is one of 13 public schools in Lamb County (combined enrollment of about 2,773 students).
Nearest neighbor: SUDAN EL, around 0.0 miles off. 2 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), SUDAN H S ranks 1st on composite proficiency, above the local average of 40.0%.
The school occupies a countryside site.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count edged up 17%: 154 students in 2018 compared to 180 in 2025.
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