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TIVY 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 58 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 30 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 8 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 58% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About TIVY H S
Set in KERRVILLE, Texas, TIVY H S is a large secondary school, one of the schools within KERRVILLE ISD. It caters to 1,363 students across grades 9 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so TIVY H S sits 71% bigger than that benchmark.
KERRVILLE ISD comprises 8 schools with combined enrollment of 4,600 students; TIVY H S is among them.
Demographically, TIVY H S shows that the largest single group is White at 49%, but no single group is in the majority; the rest comes out to 47% Hispanic. The wider county runs roughly 74% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, TIVY H S records 91 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 15.0:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. Around 44% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Kerr County (around 57%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), TIVY H S tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 54.5% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 58.0%.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Kerr County) reports that median household earnings sit near $69,395, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 7%. Across Kerr County's 20 public schools (combined enrollment of about 6,808 students), TIVY H S is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is PETERSON MIDDLE, roughly 0.3 miles away. Counting just inside five miles, 7 other public schools cluster around TIVY H S. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts TIVY H S at 3rd of 7; the average score across the group is 51.8%.
The school occupies a rural site.
Looking at the recent track record. TIVY H S's enrollment has decreased 5% since 2018, when it stood at 1,430 (now 1,363).
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Kerr County at a glance
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