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TAYLOR H S
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STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About TAYLOR H S
As a mid-tier high school in TAYLOR, Texas, TAYLOR H S caters to 871 students from grades 9 through 12, run under TAYLOR ISD.
Within TAYLOR ISD, which oversees 8 schools and 2,930 students, TAYLOR H S is one campus in the system.
On demographics, TAYLOR H S lists that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 65% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school reports 23% White, 8% Black, 3% multiracial. That is meaningfully more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 25%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school reports having 67 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.9:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting TAYLOR H S tighter than the state norm the norm. Roughly 65% of students at TAYLOR H S qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably above Williamson County's rate of about 29%.
After controlling for student poverty, TAYLOR H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 45.6%; this one delivers 40.3%.
In the broader community, Williamson County reports that median household earnings sit near $111,340, about 48% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 4%. Across Williamson County's 208 public schools (combined enrollment of about 126,147 students), TAYLOR H S is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: LEGACY EARLY COLLEGE H S, around 2.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 5 other public schools cluster around TAYLOR H S. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts TAYLOR H S at 4th of 7; the average score across the group is 43.7%.
The school occupies a countryside site.
Over the past 7-year window. TAYLOR H S's enrollment has edged down 14% since 2018, when it stood at 1,017 (now 871). White enrollment moved from 28% to 23% across the same window.
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Related schools
- TAYLOR MIDDLEMiddle · 602 students
- NAOMI PASEMANN ELElementary · 552 students
- MAIN STREET ELElementary · 446 students
- TH JOHNSON ELElementary · 351 students
- LEGACY EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 105 students
- S T E P DETENTIONMiddle · 2 students
- TAYLOR MIDDLEMiddle · 602 students
- NAOMI PASEMANN ELElementary · 552 students
- MAIN STREET ELElementary · 446 students
- TH JOHNSON ELElementary · 351 students
- LEGACY EARLY COLLEGE H SHigh · 105 students
- MULLIN NICOLE'S HOUSECombined
- LEGACY EARLY COLLEGE H S2.1 mi · 105
- NAOMI PASEMANN EL2.8 mi · 552
- TH JOHNSON EL3.2 mi · 351
- MAIN STREET EL3.3 mi · 446
- TAYLOR MIDDLE3.5 mi · 602
- HUTTO EL6.4 mi · 820