Summary:
The city of Harleton, Texas, is served by the Harleton Independent School District (Isd), which includes three public schools—Harleton Elementary, Harleton J H, and Harleton High School—serving a total of 705 students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade in a small-town setting.
The standout school in the district is Harleton J H, which consistently earns top ratings and excels academically, particularly in Reading, where its 7th-grade proficiency rate of 77.59% far exceeds the state average of 54.04%. It also boasts a perfect 0.0% dropout rate. Harleton High School is a strong performer with an improving three-year ranking trend and a stellar 96.6% graduation rate, excelling in subjects like Biology (89.19% proficient) and English II Reading (82.46% proficient). In contrast, Harleton Elementary has experienced a sharp decline, dropping from a 4-star rating to a 2-star rating, with 5th-grade Math proficiency falling from 70% to 38.98% in one year. The district maintains favorable student-teacher ratios, with the high school at an excellent 9.4:1, the middle school at 11:1, and the elementary at 12.9:1.
A key takeaway is that Reading is a district-wide strength, while Mathematics is a significant weakness, with all three schools scoring below state averages in some math subjects. The middle school also shows a surprising weakness in 8th-grade Social Studies, where only 10% of students were proficient compared to the state average of 31.69%. Additionally, spending per student varies widely, with the high school spending $12,765 per student and the elementary spending just $9,740, suggesting a potential link between resource allocation and performance that the district should examine.
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