Summary:
The Hull-Daisetta Independent School District (Isd) is a small, rural district in Texas serving approximately 429 students across three schools: Hull-Daisetta Elementary (PK-6), Hull-Daisetta J H (7-8), and Hull-Daisetta High School (9-12), with a high level of economic disadvantage across all schools.
Hull-Daisetta High School stands out as the district's best performer, earning a 2-star rating and ranking in the 16th percentile, significantly higher than the elementary (12th percentile) and junior high (4th percentile). It also has the lowest student-teacher ratio (6.5:1) and highest per-student spending ($18,066), along with a solid 90.5% graduation rate and a low 0.8% dropout rate. In contrast, Hull-Daisetta J H is the most struggling school, with a 0-star rating and critically low test scores, including a 0% proficiency rate in 7th-grade Mathematics for the 2025-2026 school year. Hull-Daisetta Elementary shows declining performance as students progress, with 3rd-grade Reading proficiency at 30% dropping to 28.57% in 6th grade, and a catastrophic 3.03% proficiency in 5th-grade Science.
A key takeaway is the "resource paradox" at the high school, where high spending and low class sizes have not yet translated into strong test scores—only 13.51% of students were proficient in Algebra I compared to the state average of 54.03%. The district is also in a clear decline, with all three schools dropping in state percentile rankings over the past three years, from the 20th to 12th percentile at the elementary, 14th to 4th at the junior high, and 34th to 16th at the high school. The 0% math proficiency at the junior high creates a foundational crisis that likely feeds into low high school scores, highlighting systemic instructional challenges that need urgent attention across all grade levels.
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