Summary:
The city of Slaton, Texas is home to 5 schools serving students from elementary through high school, including 2 elementary schools, 1 middle school, 1 high school, and 1 alternative school. While the Slaton Independent School District (Isd) as a whole struggles academically, with a ranking of 811 out of 961 in Texas and a 1 out of 5 star rating from SchoolDigger, a few schools within the district stand out.
Slaton High School is a relative bright spot, with a high 4-year graduation rate of 98.0%, a low dropout rate of 0.3%, and strong performance on STAAR End-of-Course exams, particularly in English I and II Reading. The school also benefits from a low student-teacher ratio of 10:1. Meanwhile, Slaton J H (Middle School) outperforms the district and state averages on STAAR Reading tests and has an impressive 87.5% proficiency rate on the Algebra I End-of-Course exam.
In contrast, the elementary schools, Cathelene Thomas Elementary and Stephen F Austin Pri, struggle to meet state averages on STAAR tests, with proficiency rates often 10-20 percentage points below the state. Additionally, all schools in the district have very high percentages of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 69.77% to 74.88%, indicating significant socioeconomic challenges facing the community.
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