Summary:
The Hector School District is served by a single high school, Hector High School, a small rural institution enrolling 227 students in grades 9 through 12, where every student qualifies for free or reduced lunch.
Hector High School shows a mix of notable strengths and significant challenges. The school boasts an exceptionally low dropout rate of just 0.4% and a strong graduation rate of 95.0%, suggesting a supportive environment that keeps students engaged. Academically, the school demonstrates resilience in science, with Biology proficiency (41.0%) nearly matching the state average (42.7%). However, the school faces a critical weakness in Algebra, where only 13.5% of students are proficient—less than half the state average of 36.9%. This "Algebra gap" is likely a primary factor in the school's concerning decline in state ranking, dropping from the 71st percentile (4 stars) in 2023-2024 to the 42nd percentile (2 stars) in 2025-2026. Despite a very low student-to-teacher ratio of 6.2:1, which should allow for individualized attention, overall test scores in English Language Arts (34.6% vs. 39.4% state) and Reading (37.3% vs. 40.4% state) remain below state averages.
Encouragingly, Geometry scores have shown improvement, and 10th-grade students consistently outperform 9th graders, with 10th-grade ELA proficiency reaching 41% (above the state average of 37.2%). The school's success in Biology and Geometry, combined with its low student-teacher ratio, provides a foundation for improvement, but a targeted strategy to boost math proficiency, especially in Algebra, is urgently needed to reverse the declining state ranking.
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