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Best Public Schools in Stratford, TX

At a glance

Schools

527

Students

Top rankedMary Allen Elementary830^th of 4,643 Texas elementary schools

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Biggest riser

Stratford High School up 490 spots statewide this year

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Summary:

The city of Stratford, Texas, is served by the Stratford Independent School District (Isd), which includes three public schools—Mary Allen Elementary, Stratford J H, and Stratford High School—serving a total of 527 students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade in a small, rural community. The district itself is highly rated, ranking in the 83rd percentile among Texas school districts with a 4-star rating, but performance varies significantly across the three schools.

Stratford High School is the clear standout, ranking in the 85th percentile of Texas high schools and achieving exceptional academic results despite nearly half its students being economically disadvantaged. It boasts a 97.4% graduation rate, a low 0.6% dropout rate, and proficiency rates in Algebra I and U.S. History that are dramatically higher than the state average. The high school also benefits from the most favorable student-teacher ratio in the district at 7.8:1 and the highest per-student spending at $14,219. In contrast, Stratford J H is the district's weakest link, underperforming the state in most subjects, with a critical red flag in 7th-grade Math where only 10% of students are proficient. Mary Allen Elementary has shown a dramatic turnaround, jumping from a 2-star rating in 2023-2024 to a 5-star rating in 2024-2025, before settling at a strong 4-star rating (82nd percentile) for 2025-2026, outperforming the state in Reading and 4th-grade Math.

A key takeaway is the "middle school slump" at Stratford J H, which suggests a disconnect between the strong elementary and high school programs. Additionally, resource allocation is uneven: the high school receives significantly more funding per student ($14,219) than the elementary school ($10,477), even though the elementary school has a higher percentage of economically disadvantaged students (64.78%) and a less favorable student-teacher ratio (12.2:1). This disparity, along with the elementary school's recent improvement, offers potential lessons for boosting middle school performance.

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				STAAR Spanish Reading (2026)	STAAR Spanish Mathematics (2026)	STAAR EOC Algebra I (2026)	STAAR EOC Biology (2026)	STAAR EOC English I Reading (2026)	STAAR EOC English II Reading (2026)	STAAR EOC U.S. History (2026)	STAAR Reading (2026)						STAAR Mathematics (2026)						STAAR Social Studies (2026)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/reduced lunch (2024-25)	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	STAAR Spanish Reading 5th Grade	STAAR Spanish Mathematics 5th Grade	STAAR EOC Algebra I End of Course	STAAR EOC Biology End of Course	STAAR EOC English I Reading End of Course	STAAR EOC English II Reading End of Course	STAAR EOC U.S. History End of Course	STAAR Reading 3rd Grade	STAAR Reading 4th Grade	STAAR Reading 5th Grade	STAAR Reading 6th Grade	STAAR Reading 7th Grade	STAAR Reading 8th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 3rd Grade	STAAR Mathematics 4th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 5th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 6th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 7th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 8th Grade	STAAR Social Studies 8th Grade	Total
Mary Allen Elementary	Public	PK, KG-4	501 N Shirley	Stratford	79084	Sherman County	Stratford Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(806) 366-3340	230	19	12.2	64.8%	82 (35.7%)	1 (0.4%)	143 (62.2%)	1 (0.4%)	1 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.9%)	78.1	830^th of 4643 public elementary schools	82.1%		91.3	321^st of 4651 public elementary schools	93.1%	509								68.1	78.1					42.6	71.9						$6,803
Stratford High School	Public	9-12	503 N 8th St	Stratford	79084	Sherman County	Stratford Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(806) 366-3330	160	20	7.8	47.5%	62 (38.8%)	2 (1.3%)	93 (58.1%)	1 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (1.3%)	76	302^nd of 2057 public high schools	85.3%		54.6	792^nd of 1974 public high schools	59.9%	490			88.6	82.4	64.1	69.7	88.6														$12,033
Stratford J H	Public	5-8	503 N 8th St	Stratford	79084	Sherman County	Stratford Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(806) 366-3320	137	12	11.2	66.4%	37 (27.0%)	0 (0.0%)	94 (68.6%)	1 (0.7%)	2 (1.5%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (2.2%)	50.7	1037^th of 2359 public middle schools	56.0%		61.8	756^th of 2344 public middle schools	67.7%	281										54.8	47.1	53.3	66.7			48.4	38.2	10.0	51.2	27.3	$10,407

Cities Near Stratford

City	Distance	# of Schools	Statewide Rank
Texhoma	19.28 mi	1
Cactus	20.28 mi	1	844^th
Sunray	26.19 mi	3	316^th
Dalhart	31.15 mi	4	761^st
Dumas	31.68 mi	7	345^th

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SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Texas Education Agency.

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