SUNDOWN H S
School pathway
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 33 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 28 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 68% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 SUNDOWN H S
SUNDOWN H S, a rural-scale four-year high school in SUNDOWN, Texas, part of SUNDOWN ISD, works with 184 students, covering grades 9 through 12. Compared to the state average of about 796 students per school, that is 77% below typical.
SUNDOWN H S is one of 4 schools operated by SUNDOWN ISD, a district that serves 552 students overall.
In terms of who attends, SUNDOWN H S records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 59% of enrollment. The remainder comes out to 39% White. The wider county runs roughly 50% Hispanic, putting the school's mix noticeably more Hispanic than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 7.8:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 46% of students at SUNDOWN H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Hockley County (around 58%), the school's rate is south of typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SUNDOWN H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 53.9%, the actual is 67.8%, a residual of +13.8 points.
Across the wider county, census data for Hockley County shows the typical household earns roughly $63,140 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 11%. SUNDOWN H S is one of 16 public schools in Hockley County (combined enrollment of about 4,633 students).
Nearest neighbor: RACE (ROUGHNECK ALTERNATIVE CENTER FOR EDUCATION), around 0.0 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SUNDOWN H S at 2nd of 6; the average score across the group is 55.7%.
The school occupies a low-density site.
Looking at the recent track record. SUNDOWN H S's enrollment has changed only slightly since 2018, when it stood at 187 (now 184). Over the same period, the White share shrank from 47% to 39%. Class-load math has pulled in: from 9.9:1 in 2018 to 7.8:1 in 2025.
On allk12, the feed for SUNDOWN H S typically covers enrollment questions, classroom assignments, and PTA news. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Hockley County at a glance
View full county profileQuick facts
Related schools
- SUNDOWN ELElementary · 231 students
- SUNDOWN J HMiddle · 134 students
- RACE (ROUGHNECK ALTERNATIVE CENTER FOR EDUCATION)High · 3 students
- SUNDOWN ELElementary · 231 students
- SUNDOWN J HMiddle · 134 students
- RACE (ROUGHNECK ALTERNATIVE CENTER FOR EDUCATION)High · 3 students
- RACE (ROUGHNECK ALTERNATIVE CENTER FOR EDUCATION)0.0 mi · 3
- SUNDOWN J H0.0 mi · 134
- SUNDOWN EL0.0 mi · 231
- SOUTH EL10.4 mi · 238
- MOSAIC ACADEMY10.6 mi · 29
- MULLIN MOSAIC11.1 mi · 20