Summary:
The Burnet Consolidated Independent School District in Texas is home to two high schools: Burnet High School and Quest High School. Based on the available data, Burnet High School appears to be the more prominent and higher-performing school compared to Quest High School.
Burnet High School consistently ranks higher in the statewide SchoolDigger rankings, with a ranking between 832 and 1,048 out of around 1,974 Texas high schools over the past few years. In contrast, Quest High School has ranked much lower, between 1,697 and 1,804 out of the same number of schools. Both schools have impressive four-year graduation rates of over 96% and low dropout rates of 0.6%. However, Burnet High School generally outperforms the district and state averages in the STAAR End-of-Course (EOC) assessments, particularly in subjects like Biology, English I Reading, English II Reading, and U.S. History, while Quest High School has significantly lower proficiency rates in comparison.
The data also reveals that Quest High School has a higher free/reduced lunch rate of 70.97%, indicating a larger population of economically disadvantaged students, compared to Burnet High School's rate of 59.41%. Interestingly, the spending per student is notably higher at Quest High School ($19,134) compared to Burnet High School ($10,869), and Quest High School has a much lower student-teacher ratio of 7.0, suggesting smaller class sizes and more individualized attention for its students.
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