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WAXAHACHIE GLOBAL H S
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 93 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 26 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 51 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 85% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 59% 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 26 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About WAXAHACHIE GLOBAL H S
As a small secondary school in WAXAHACHIE, Texas, WAXAHACHIE GLOBAL H S serves 369 students from grades 9 through 12, operated by WAXAHACHIE ISD. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 796 students each, so WAXAHACHIE GLOBAL H S sits 54% below that benchmark.
WAXAHACHIE ISD comprises 18 schools with combined enrollment of 11,196 students; WAXAHACHIE GLOBAL H S is among them.
For racial and ethnic makeup, WAXAHACHIE GLOBAL H S logs that the most-represented group is White (39%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Other groups include 38% Hispanic, 12% Black, 5% multiracial, 4% Asian. The wider county runs roughly 60% White, putting the school's mix visibly less White than the area baseline.
On the resource side, On paper, WAXAHACHIE GLOBAL H S has 29 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.9:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 34% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Ellis County runs at roughly 51%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, WAXAHACHIE GLOBAL H S sits in the top 10% of Texas schools after the BeatsExpectations adjustment. Predicted proficiency for the school's FRL share is roughly 58.8%; actual is 85.3%, +26.4 points clear of the demographic baseline.
In the area at large, ACS estimates for Ellis County put median household earnings sit near $99,595, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Across Ellis County's 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,344 students), WAXAHACHIE GLOBAL H S is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is COLEMAN J H, roughly 0.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. On composite proficiency, WAXAHACHIE GLOBAL H S comes 1st of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 42.4%.
The campus sits in a commuter-belt setting.
Over the past 7-year window. WAXAHACHIE GLOBAL H S's enrollment has remained close to its prior level since 2018, when it stood at 370 (now 369). The White share of enrollment contracted from 63% to 39% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 14.2:1 in 2018 to 12.9:1 today.
In the discussion threads here, the feed for WAXAHACHIE GLOBAL H S typically covers sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Ellis County at a glance
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