TROUP 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 70 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 63 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 27 points since 2020.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 53% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 21 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About TROUP H S
Set in TROUP, Texas, TROUP H S is a tiny four-year high school, operated by TROUP ISD. It serves 311 students across grades 9 through 12. That puts it 61% leaner than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.
TROUP ISD runs 3 schools in total, collectively educating 1,063 students. TROUP H S is one of those campuses.
Demographically, TROUP H S records that White students make up the majority at 70%; the rest is composed of 15% Hispanic, 11% Black, 3% multiracial. That composition is broadly in line with Smith County as a whole.
Looking at school resources, The school employs 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 10.6:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting TROUP H S tighter than the state norm the norm. About 48% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Smith County runs at roughly 64%, so the school's eligibility rate is below the surrounding baseline.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), TROUP H S is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 52.8%; this one delivers 74.1%, a residual of +21.3 points.
In the surrounding community, ACS estimates for Smith County put median household income runs about $74,192, about 29% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. Across Smith County's 65 public schools (combined enrollment of about 37,385 students), TROUP H S is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: TROUP MIDDLE, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 2 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts TROUP H S at 1st of 9; the average score across the group is 54.1%.
TROUP H S operates from a low-density location.
Five-year trend. TROUP H S's enrollment has declined 4% since 2018, when it stood at 324 (now 311). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 12.0:1 in 2018 to 10.6:1 today.
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