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Enrollment
406
High
DISTRICT 293 · STATE 796
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHITE OAK ISD·NCES 484548005173
White Oak High School
200 S WHITE OAK RD, WHITE OAK, TX 75693 · (903) 291-2000 · Gregg County
GRADES 09–12HIGH22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL406 STUDENTS
B+
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Scored higher than 73% of Texas public high schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public high schools
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
36%
146 students
DISTRICT 45% · STATE 65%
Community
1
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other high schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 9 | 124 | 31% |
| Grade 10 | 94 | 23% |
| Grade 11 | 96 | 24% |
| Grade 12 | 92 | 23% |
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within WHITE OAK ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
81.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +11.0pp since 2023
Mathematics
58.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +11.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 81 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 11 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 11 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 13.0% | 68.0% | 11.0% | 8.0% |
| Mathematics | 19.0% | 39.0% | 28.0% | 14.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 81.0% | 58.0% |
| 2024-25 | 80.0% | 56.0% |
| 2023-24 | 70.0% | 47.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
66.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+8.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like White Oak High School
White Oak High School's state test result (66.6% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Oak High School this school | 406 | 36.0% | 66.6% |
| Bells High School BELLS | 318 | 33.6% | 70.8% |
| Callisburg High School CALLISBURG | 327 | 33.9% | 61.9% |
| Pottsboro High School POTTSBORO | 460 | 32.4% | 67.8% |
| Boyd High School BOYD | 417 | 36.5% | 64.8% |
| Chisum High School PARIS | 334 | 38.3% | 56.8% |
Matched among Texas high schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where White Oak High School ranks
Among high schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Gregg County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.6% | #310 of 1,385 | #2 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #356 of 1,425 ▼ 58 | #1 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 81.0% | #170 of 1,425 ▼ 6 | #1 of 6 no change |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 406 | #1,013 of 2,107 | #6 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.9:1 | #105 of 1,344 | #1 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 29.2% | #1,034 of 1,346 | #7 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.0% | #1,279 of 1,522 | #6 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -1.0% | #525 of 557 | N/A |
Ranked against other public high schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
406
-22 (-5%) vs 2020
+18% since 1990-91, when it was 345
Student : Teacher
9.9:1
was 11.3:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 406 | 41.1 | 9.9:1 | 36% (146) |
| 2023-24 | 394 | 41.1 | 9.6:1 | 38% (149) |
| 2022-23 | 416 | 38.4 | 10.8:1 | 41% (172) |
| 2020-21 | 428 | 38 | 11.3:1 | 39% (166) |
| 2017-18 | 410 | 36.3 | 11.3:1 | 29% (118) |
| 2015-16 | 445 | 36 | 12.4:1 | 26% (117) |
| 2010-11 | 428 | 34 | 12.6:1 | 25% (108) |
| 2000-01 | 436 | 29 | 15.0:1 | 20% (88) |
| 1990-91 | 345 | 27 | 12.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for White Oak High School.
Since 2017-18: students down 1% (410 to 406); teachers up 13% (36.3 to 41.1).
About White Oak High School
White Oak High School is a low-enrollment high school in Texas, with an address in WHITE OAK. The grade span is 9 through 12, and enrollment is 406 students. An average school in this group (high schools in Texas) has about 796 students.
The district, WHITE OAK ISD, operates 5 schools serving 1,466 students.
White students are the large majority at White Oak High School, with 84% of enrollment. Other groups make up 9% Hispanic and 6% multiracial. County-wide, 58% of Gregg County residents are White. By the diversity index, White Oak High School comes in at 29%.
Its teaching staff equals 41.1 full-time positions, a ratio of 9.9:1. That ratio is under the 15.1:1 average for high schools in Texas. Around 36% of the school's students qualify for free or reduced-price meals. That is 32 points below the 68% average for public schools in Gregg County.
The allk12 Grade for White Oak High School is B+. Compared with Texas public high schools, the school scored higher than 73% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 58.3% at White Oak High School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 66.6%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Gregg County show that median household income is about $66,550, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 23%, and about 12% of people live in poverty. White Oak High School is one of 46 public schools in Gregg County, which together enroll about 20,498 students.
Nearby, White Oak Early Childhood Center is less than a tenth of a mile away. White Oak High School is one of several public schools in the area, with at least 8 others within five miles. White Oak High School ranks 2nd of 5 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 66.6% against a local average of 60.9%.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Suburb: Mid-size: in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 428 to 406. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 11.3:1 in 2020-21 to 9.9:1 in 2024-25.
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Gregg County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
125,480
Census ACS
Median income
$66,550
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
46
20,498 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WHITE OAK ISD
- White Oak Middle SchoolMiddle · 362 students
- White Oak Primary SchoolElementary · 349 students
- White Oak Intermediate SchoolElementary · 311 students
- White Oak Early Childhood CenterElementary · 38 students
Other schools in WHITE OAK
- White Oak Middle SchoolMiddle · 362 students
- White Oak Primary SchoolElementary · 349 students
- White Oak Intermediate SchoolElementary · 311 students
- White Oak Early Childhood CenterElementary · 38 students
- Gregg County Shared Services DAEPElementary
Other White Oak High schools
One other US public school is named White Oak High. White Oak High School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- White Oak HighJacksonville, NC · 1,252 students
Nearby schools
- White Oak Early Childhood Center0.1 mi · 38
- White Oak Middle School0.1 mi · 362
- White Oak Intermediate School0.2 mi · 311
- White Oak Primary School0.2 mi · 349
- Pine Tree Primary School3.1 mi · 498
- Birch Elementary School3.1 mi · 656
Frequently asked questions
About White Oak High SchoolHow large is White Oak High School?
White Oak High School enrolls approximately 406 students in grades 09-12.
Is White Oak High School an elementary, middle, or high school?
White Oak High School is a high school covering grades 09-12.
How many students per teacher at White Oak High School?
Approximately 9.9:1 students per teacher at White Oak High School.
How diverse is White Oak High School?
White Oak High School reports a student body of 84% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Who oversees White Oak High School?
White Oak High School is overseen by WHITE OAK ISD in Gregg County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.