Summary
Ball High School is a public high school located in Galveston, Texas, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 1,951 students. It is part of the Galveston Independent School District, which is ranked 552 out of 961 districts in Texas and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.
Ball High School has consistently ranked in the bottom half of Texas high schools, ranking between 1,214 and 1,518 out of around 1,800-1,900 high schools over the past 10 years. It has maintained a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger for most of this period, with a brief period of a 2-star rating from 2014-2016. The school struggles across various student subgroups, with low rankings compared to other Texas high schools, particularly for African American, Hispanic, English Language Learner, Special Education, and Low Socioeconomic Status students. In contrast, the school performs better for Asian and Gifted and Talented students, ranking in the middle to upper half of Texas high schools for these groups.
Ball High School's STAAR EOC (End of Course) proficiency rates are consistently lower than the Galveston ISD and state averages across all subject areas, ranging from around 20% to 50%, while the district and state averages are typically 10-20 percentage points higher. The nearby Aim College & Career Prep school, also part of the Galveston ISD, generally outperforms Ball High School across various metrics, including test scores, graduation rates, and student-teacher ratios. Other nearby schools, such as Dickinson High School and Texas City High School, also tend to outperform Ball High School, particularly in academic achievement and student group performance.
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