Summary:
The city of Idalou, Texas, is served by the highly-rated Idalou Independent School District (Isd), which includes three public schools—Idalou Elementary (PK-4), Idalou Middle (5-8), and Idalou High School (9-12)—serving about 995 students total.
Idalou High School is the district's standout, earning a 5-star rating and ranking in the top 10% of Texas high schools. It boasts exceptional STAAR proficiency rates—for example, 85.71% in Algebra I versus the state's 54.03%—a near-perfect 98.4% graduation rate, and a 0% dropout rate. Idalou Elementary is also strong, with 4-star ratings and consistent outperformance of state averages in Reading and Math for grades 3 and 4. Idalou Middle earns 4-star ratings but shows more variability, particularly a concerning dip in 7th-grade Math, where only 23.88% of students are proficient, below the state average of 29.41%.
Key metrics highlight the district's strengths: a 92nd percentile district ranking, a low free/reduced lunch rate (ranging from 22.22% at the high school to 35.68% at the elementary), and a low student-teacher ratio of 9.3:1 at the high school. Interestingly, the high school has the highest spending per student ($13,741) and the lowest ratio, while the middle school has the lowest spending ($8,922) and shows the most academic variability. The elementary school shows consistent year-over-year improvement in its state ranking, moving from the 77th to the 82nd percentile over three years. Overall, Idalou offers a high-performing district with a standout high school, though parents of middle schoolers may want to monitor math performance in grades 6 and 7.
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