VERIBEST 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 74 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 49 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 46 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 59% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 52% 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 VERIBEST H S
VERIBEST H S is one of the micro-enrollment senior highs in VERIBEST, Texas, run under VERIBEST ISD, with 141 students on its rolls from grades 6 through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so VERIBEST H S sits 82% leaner than that benchmark.
Across the 3 schools in VERIBEST ISD (263 students total), VERIBEST H S accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
Looking at the student body, VERIBEST H S logs that the largest single group is White at 51%, but no single group is in the majority. Other groups include 45% Hispanic, 3% Black. The wider county runs roughly 63% White, putting the school's mix noticeably less White than the area baseline.
On the resource side, On paper, VERIBEST H S has 18 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 8.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting VERIBEST H S tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 50% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
After controlling for student poverty, VERIBEST H S sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 52.2%; this one delivers 59.4%.
Across the wider county, census data for Tom Green County shows median household income runs about $68,370, 26% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Tom Green County runs 81 public schools (combined enrollment of about 18,896 students), of which VERIBEST H S is one.
The closest other public school is VERIBEST EL, roughly 0.0 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts VERIBEST H S at 4th of 5; the average score across the group is 66.6%.
The campus sits in a small-town setting.
Over the past 7-year window. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at VERIBEST H S has grew 11%, going from 127 students in 2018 to 141 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 9.5:1 in 2018 to 8.1:1 today.
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