Summary:
Bandera Independent School District (Isd) is home to one high school, Bandera High School, which serves 664 students in grades 9 through 12 in a rural Texas area.
Bandera High School shows a promising upward trend, earning a 3-star rating and ranking in the 51st percentile for the 2025-2026 school year, a notable improvement from its previous 2-star rating. The school boasts a strong graduation rate of 93.4% and a student-teacher ratio of 14.5:1, with per-student spending at $10,951. Academically, the school consistently outperforms the state average in U.S. History, with 70.7% of students proficient in the latest data, and also slightly exceeds the state average in Biology at 70.89% proficiency. However, Algebra I remains a critical weakness, with only 38.46% of students proficient compared to the state average of 54.03%, representing a significant performance gap that needs urgent attention.
An interesting data anomaly appears in the 2025-2026 results: while most subjects show identical proficiency rates for the school and district (as expected with only one high school), Algebra I reports a school rate of 38.46% versus a district rate of 52.87%, likely because the district figure includes middle school students taking the exam. Additionally, while the graduation rate is strong at 93.4%, the dropout rate of 1.8% is 50% higher than the district average of 1.2%, suggesting a small but at-risk student segment. Year-over-year performance is inconsistent, with large swings in STEM subjects like Biology (up 24.79 points) and Algebra I (up 15.33 points), while English II Reading proficiency actually declined slightly from 59.22% to 56.57%. This volatility indicates that academic outcomes may be sensitive to changes in curriculum or student cohorts.
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