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WEATHERFORD H S
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 52 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 28 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 20 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 7 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 52% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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 WEATHERFORD H S
Located at 2121 BETHEL RD, in WEATHERFORD, Texas, WEATHERFORD H S is an expansive senior high that serves 2,427 students (grades 9 through 12), run under WEATHERFORD ISD. That puts it 205% larger than the typical public school in Texas, which averages around 796 students.
WEATHERFORD ISD runs 12 schools in total, collectively educating 8,023 students. WEATHERFORD H S is one of those campuses.
Demographically, WEATHERFORD H S shows that the largest single group is White, at 60% of enrollment. Beyond that, the school shows 33% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is considerably less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, WEATHERFORD H S has 165 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 14.7:1. The state averages about 15.1:1, putting this campus right in line with peers. About 38% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, WEATHERFORD H S performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 57.5%, the actual is 52.1%, a residual of -5.3 points.
Zooming out to the county, the surrounding county (Parker County) reports that the typical household earns roughly $104,443 per year, roughly 32% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 6%. Across Parker County's 51 public schools (combined enrollment of about 28,354 students), WEATHERFORD H S is one campus in the mix.
The closest other public school is WRIGHT EL, roughly 1.4 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts WEATHERFORD H S at 2nd of 7; the average score across the group is 43.0%.
Geographically, the school is in a small-town area.
Five-year trend. Over the past 7-year window, the student count grew 5%: 2,310 students in 2018 compared to 2,427 in 2025. The White share of enrollment contracted from 68% to 60% over that span.
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