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La Vega High School

Public Grades 9-12

1576^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,974 Texas High Schools

Better than 20% of Texas high schools

Summary

La Vega High School is a public high school in Waco, Texas, serving 877 students in grades 9-12 as part of the La Vega Independent School District. Based on the data provided, the school has consistently ranked in the bottom quartile of Texas high schools, with a 1 out of 5 star rating from SchoolDigger over the past several years.

La Vega High School faces significant academic challenges, with consistently low performance on state assessments. The school's proficiency rates on STAAR EOC exams are significantly below the state averages across all subject areas, ranging from 29.55% in Algebra I to 45.5% in U.S. History, compared to the state averages of 47.01% and 67.94%, respectively. Additionally, the school's four-year graduation rate has been around 90-94%, slightly below the state average, and its dropout rate has been higher than the state average, ranging from 1.1% to 2.6% in recent years. The school also has a very high percentage of students (over 90%) who qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating a high level of economic disadvantage among the student population.

When comparing La Vega High School to nearby schools, the academic performance gap becomes even more evident. For instance, Bosqueville High School, located just 5.84 miles away, has consistently higher STAAR EOC proficiency rates and a much higher graduation rate (98.2%) than La Vega High School. Addressing the academic and socioeconomic needs of the student population at La Vega High School will be crucial for improving the school's overall outcomes and providing students with the necessary support to succeed.

881

Students ?

13.6

Student/teacher ratio ?

$10,069

Per pupil spending ?

88.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

555 N Loop 340
Waco, TX 76705-2573

(254) 299-6820

District: La Vega Independent School District (Isd)

Feeder schools for La Vega High School:

Elementary:	La Vega Elementary
	La Vega Pri Phil Bancale Campus
Middle:	La Vega Intermediate H P Miles Campus
	La Vega J H George Dixon Campus

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

58.8%

African American:

27.4%

White:

11.0%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 16th percentile in 2015 → 20th in 2025

Strengths

✓92% graduate within 4 years

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Texas average (37% vs 56% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (20th percentile)

!U.S. History scores 22 pts below the Texas average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school37%

District avg37%

Texas avg56%

1,576^th of 1,974

Texas public high schools ?

Bottom 20%▲ up 4 pts since 2015

From bottom 16% (2015) to bottom 20% (2025)

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SchoolDigger rating ?

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	21.5	1576 of 1974	20.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.5	1459 of 1990	26.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.6	1602 of 1961	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	25.5	1431 of 1876	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	24.2	1444 of 1861	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.6	1441 of 1857	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.6	1463 of 1797	18.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	16.1	1509 of 1777	15.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	17.1	1528 of 1762	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	22.0	1459 of 1743	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	22.2	1460 of 1734	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	21.7	1413 of 1652	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	25.5	1341 of 1603	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	41.7	1276 of 1672	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	29.7	1359 of 1568	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	21.9	1368 of 1539	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	25.1	1304 of 1510	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	30.2	1221 of 1497	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	30.2	1160 of 1430	18.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	27.6	1196 of 1429	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	41.1	1058 of 1427	25.9%	★☆☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	24.7	640 of 834	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.4	791 of 1065	25.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.9	843 of 1069	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	32.1	655 of 1031	36.5%	★★☆☆☆
2021	26.1	760 of 1020	25.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	28.7	724 of 1024	29.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	24.0	791 of 1013	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆

At Risk

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2022	30.5	1292 of 1837	29.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	33.3	1217 of 1829	33.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	28.5	1407 of 1810	22.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	18.2	1631 of 1784	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	33.8	708 of 1153	38.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	37.1	787 of 1437	45.2%	★★☆☆☆
2023	34.8	793 of 1371	42.2%	★★☆☆☆
2022	40.1	627 of 1278	50.9%	★★★☆☆
2021	41.8	582 of 1195	51.3%	★★★☆☆
2019	29.6	815 of 1136	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	37.4	609 of 1113	45.3%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	15.4	1308 of 1504	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.2	1442 of 1880	23.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	19.3	1556 of 1891	17.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	28.2	1353 of 1841	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	28.6	1343 of 1815	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.5	1522 of 1798	15.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	19.9	1523 of 1781	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	36.5	740 of 964	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	33.3	965 of 1182	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	59.8	610 of 1172	48.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	56.7	691 of 1177	41.3%	★★☆☆☆
2019	70.6	248 of 1145	78.3%	★★★★☆
2018	31.1	982 of 1137	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	23.2	1167 of 1453	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	26.4	1346 of 1805	25.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.3	1380 of 1820	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	32.3	1202 of 1762	31.8%	★★☆☆☆
2021	30.5	1238 of 1743	29.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	28.3	1311 of 1714	23.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	25.8	1359 of 1691	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	22.5	1235 of 1513	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	25.8	1451 of 1884	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	29.2	1394 of 1897	26.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	31.9	1297 of 1847	29.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	31.5	1310 of 1848	29.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	32.8	1319 of 1818	27.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	27.4	1423 of 1794	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	20.9	1215 of 1515	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	18.0	1572 of 1891	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.5	1572 of 1913	17.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.9	1436 of 1853	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	19.7	1508 of 1840	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	25.8	1405 of 1824	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.2	1524 of 1803	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	14.5	537 of 598	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	16.3	643 of 731	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	11.1	616 of 677	9.0%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	31.0	463 of 664	30.3%	★★☆☆☆
2021	47.7	297 of 588	49.5%	★★☆☆☆
2019	30.7	436 of 604	27.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	10.9	542 of 582	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	27.7	1014 of 1299	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	22.2	1340 of 1548	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	24.6	1234 of 1478	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	27.3	1125 of 1418	20.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	16.9	1324 of 1382	4.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	20.1	1237 of 1357	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	20.8	1246 of 1347	7.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	19.5	1087 of 1294	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	19.7	1306 of 1556	16.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	7.4	1453 of 1576	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	13.6	1375 of 1525	9.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	18.9	1281 of 1510	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.2	1277 of 1526	16.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	17.2	1347 of 1539	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

English Language Learner (2025)39th percentile+18 vs school

At Risk (2022)30th percentile+6 vs school

African American (2025)23rd percentile+3 vs school

Gifted and Talented (2025)23rd percentile+3 vs school

Special Education (2025)22nd percentile~ school

Male (2025)20th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2025)20th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)18th percentile~ school

White (2025)16th percentile-4 vs school

Female (2025)13th percentile-7 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)10th percentile-10 vs school

By subject vs Texas (2024-2025) ?

U.S. History46%-22 vs state

Biology40%-22 vs state

English II Reading37%-19 vs state

English I Reading35%-17 vs state

Algebra I30%-17 vs state

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				STAAR EOC Algebra I (2025)	STAAR EOC Biology (2025)	STAAR EOC English I Reading (2025)	STAAR EOC English II Reading (2025)	STAAR EOC U.S. History (2025)	STAAR Reading (2025)			STAAR Mathematics (2025)			STAAR Science (2025)	STAAR Social Studies (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	STAAR EOC Algebra I End of Course	STAAR EOC Biology End of Course	STAAR EOC English I Reading End of Course	STAAR EOC English II Reading End of Course	STAAR EOC U.S. History End of Course	STAAR Reading 6th Grade	STAAR Reading 7th Grade	STAAR Reading 8th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 6th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 7th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 8th Grade	STAAR Science 8th Grade	STAAR Social Studies 8th Grade	Total
La Vega High School	Public	9-12	555 N Loop 340	Waco	76705	McLennan County	La Vega Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(254) 299-6820	881	64	13.6	88.3%	97 (11.0%)	241 (27.4%)	518 (58.8%)	2 (0.2%)	2 (0.2%)	1 (0.1%)	20 (2.3%)	21.5	1576^th of 1974 public high schools	20.2%		27.5	1459^th of 1990 public high schools	26.7%	117	29.6	40.3	34.7	37.1	45.5									$10,069
Paul And Jane Meyer Public High School	Public, Charter	9-12	1020 Elm Ave Bld 500	Waco	76704	McLennan County	Rapoport Academy Public School	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(254) 754-2288	233	26	9.0	56.2%	48 (20.6%)	53 (22.7%)	122 (52.4%)	3 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	7 (3.0%)	63.9	576^th of 1974 public high schools	70.8%		60.4	677^th of 1990 public high schools	66.0%	101	52.1	70.9	70.2	63.5	69.1									$16,912
Connally High School	Public	9-12	900 N Lacy Dr	Waco	76705	McLennan County	Connally Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(254) 296-6700	614	56	11.0	73.3%	113 (18.4%)	219 (35.7%)	251 (40.9%)	2 (0.3%)	2 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	27 (4.4%)	23.5	1549^th of 1974 public high schools	21.5%		21.6	1596^th of 1990 public high schools	19.8%	47	22.2	33.9	29.4	38.0	65.7									$13,107
Methodist Children's Home	Public, Charter	6-12	1111 Herring Ave	Waco	76708	McLennan County	University Of Texas University Charter School	Yes	No	(n/a)	No	(254) 498-8738	96	11	8.7		28 (29.2%)	31 (32.3%)	33 (34.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (2.1%)	2 (2.1%)	9.8	1789^th of 1974 public high schools	9.4%		12.2	1752^nd of 1990 public high schools	12.0%	37	11.1	18.2	21.1	10.5	50.0	14.3	30.0	23.1	0.0	10.0	0.0	0.0	0.0	$13,140
Waco Center For Youth	Public	7-12	3501 N 19th St	Waco	76708	McLennan County	Axtell Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(254) 745-5339	69	7	9.8	47.8%	43 (62.3%)	11 (15.9%)	12 (17.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (4.3%)	2.8	1928^th of 1974 public high schools	2.3%		16.7	1675^th of 1990 public high schools	15.8%	253	0.0	0.0	6.7	6.7	27.3		12.5	16.7		0.0	0.0	9.1	0.0	$15,404
Challenge Academy	Public	7-12	2015 Alexander Ave	Waco	76708	McLennan County	Waco Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(254) 754-0803	52	4	13.4	92.3%	3 (5.8%)	22 (42.3%)	27 (51.9%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2.1	1959^th of 1974 public high schools	0.8%		2.5	1964^th of 1990 public high schools	1.3%	5	0.0	0.0	0.0	11.1	14.3	0.0			0.0					$19,933
Premier H S Of Waco	Public, Charter	9-12	4720 N 19th St	Waco	76708	McLennan County	Premier High Schools	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(254) 752-0441	128	6	20.1	84.4%	31 (24.2%)	25 (19.5%)	70 (54.7%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.6%)	14.6	1701^st of 1974 public high schools	13.8%		20.1	1623^rd of 1990 public high schools	18.4%	78	27.3	23.5	14.3	36.1	42.5									$8,276
Challenge Academy	Public	12	3805 S 3rd St	Waco	76706	McLennan County	Midway Independent School District (Isd)	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(254) 754-0803	1				0 (0.0%)	1 (100.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)														$00
Bosqueville High School	Public	9-12	7636 Rock Creek Rd	Waco	76708	McLennan County	Bosqueville Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(254) 757-3113	227	19	11.8	29.1%	157 (69.2%)	7 (3.1%)	56 (24.7%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.6%)	67.3	488^th of 1974 public high schools	75.3%		75.9	298^th of 1990 public high schools	85.0%	190	57.9	66.0	67.3	74.6	70.6									$13,273
Harmony School Of Innovation - Waco	Public, Charter	6-12	1100 S Valley Mills Dr	Beverly Hills	76711	McLennan County	Harmony Public Schools - North Texas	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(254) 235-0321	614	38	16.1	86.2%	77 (12.5%)	55 (9.0%)	461 (75.1%)	9 (1.5%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	9 (1.5%)	33.8	1301^st of 1974 public high schools	34.1%		31.1	1385^th of 1990 public high schools	30.4%	84	37.5	34.7	40.7	52.2	66.2	30.8	35.4	40.7	25.0	8.6	34.3	39.8	8.3	$11,499

Frequently Asked Questions about La Vega High School

What schools feed into La Vega High School?

La Vega High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : La Vega Elementary
Elementary : La Vega Pri Phil Bancale Campus
Middle : La Vega Intermediate H P Miles Campus
Middle : La Vega J H George Dixon Campus

Is La Vega High School a good school?

La Vega High School ranks in the bottom 20.2% of Texas high schools.

What district is La Vega High School in?

La Vega Independent School District (Isd)

How many students attend La Vega High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 881 students attended La Vega High School.

What is the racial makeup of La Vega High School?

Students at La Vega High School are 59% Hispanic, 27% African American, 11% White, 2% Two or more races.

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