Summary:
The three public schools in the Boling Independent School District (Isd) serve 1,151 students across elementary, middle, and high school in the small city of Boling, Texas, with the district earning a 2-star rating and ranking in the 48th percentile statewide.
Iago J H stands out as an academic powerhouse, particularly in advanced math: an extraordinary 94.74% of its students taking the Algebra I End-of-Course exam were proficient in 2025-2026, compared to the state average of 54.03%. This middle school also boasts the most favorable student-teacher ratio (13.6:1) and the lowest economic disadvantage rate (11.36%) in the district. In contrast, Boling High School excels in student retention, with a 98.6% graduation rate and a mere 0.3% dropout rate, while spending the most per student at $11,959. Newgulf Elementary, the largest school with 559 students, shows a concerning downward trend, dropping from the 65th to the 43rd percentile in state rankings over three years, and has the highest student-teacher ratio at 17.2:1.
A key district-wide finding is that reading proficiency is a relative strength, with Boling High School scoring 62.89% in English I Reading (above the state average of 55.43%), while mathematics is a consistent weakness across all grade levels. The middle school's Algebra I success creates a misleading district average, as Boling High School's Algebra I proficiency is only 18.42%. Additionally, Boling High School showed a remarkable turnaround in U.S. History, jumping from 52.56% to 71.43% proficiency in one year, suggesting a successful instructional change.
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