Summary:
The city of Alba, Texas, is served by the Alba-Golden Independent School District (Isd), which includes two public schools—Alba-Golden High School (grades 6-12) and Alba-Golden Elementary (PK-5)—with a combined enrollment of 816 students and a strong district-wide 4-star rating placing it in the 77th percentile among Texas districts.
Alba-Golden High School is the standout school, earning a consistent 4-star rating and boasting a perfect 100% graduation rate with a 0% dropout rate. It significantly outperforms state averages in English II Reading (86.21% vs. 59.88%), U.S. History (78.85% vs. 70.17%), and Biology (75.41% vs. 70.51%). However, it faces a critical weakness in Algebra I, where only 34.48% of students are proficient compared to the state average of 54.03%. In contrast, Alba-Golden Elementary is a solid but improving school with a 3-star rating, showing an upward trend from the 43rd to the 54th percentile. It excels in 5th-grade Science (46.81% vs. 29.57% state) but struggles with math consistency, as seen in 4th-grade math scores dropping from 60.34% to 42.03% between school years.
Key differences between the schools include resource allocation and economic need: the high school spends $12,326 per student (compared to $10,651 at the elementary), despite the elementary having a higher percentage of economically disadvantaged students (62.66% vs. 56.81%). The district's main challenge is a "math pipeline" issue, where elementary math volatility and middle school struggles feed into the high school's Algebra I bottleneck. For parents, this means the high school offers exceptional humanities and science programs with strong student support, while the elementary provides a foundation that is improving but needs more stable math instruction to ensure long-term success across all grade levels.
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