Summary:
The city of Haslet, Texas, is home to nine schools, all part of the highly-rated Northwest Independent School District (Isd), serving students from elementary through high school, though the academic performance across these schools varies dramatically. The standout elementary school is Carl E Schluter Elementary, which consistently ranks in the top 25% of Texas schools and leads the city in reading and math scores for several grade levels. In contrast, J C Thompson Elementary faces significant challenges, ranking in the 21st percentile with proficiency rates below 50% in all subjects. Haslet Elementary shows a strong upward trend and excels in 5th-grade math, while Sendera Ranch Elementary and Molly Livengood Carter Elementary round out the elementary options with more moderate performance.
At the middle school level, Cw Worthington Middle is the highest-ranked, consistently outperforming district averages in math and reading. Leo Adams Middle is a standout for its exceptional Algebra I program, where nearly 87% of students are proficient, far exceeding district and state averages. However, Truett Wilson Middle is significantly underperforming, with math proficiency rates in the low 20s. The only high school, Legacy Learning Center, is an outlier serving only 12th graders with a small enrollment of 50, functioning as an alternative or credit-recovery program.
A key takeaway is the wide performance gap between schools in the same district, suggesting that school-level factors like leadership and teaching are critical. Elementary math is a city-wide weakness, with only two schools achieving proficiency above 50% in any grade. The data also hints at a feeder pattern, where the top-performing middle school likely draws from the strongest elementary zones, while the lowest-performing middle school draws from the weakest, indicating that academic gaps are established early and persist through the system.
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