Summary:
The Kilgore Independent School District (Isd) is served by a single high school, Kilgore High School, which educates 1,167 students in grades 9 through 12 in a community where nearly 69% of students are economically disadvantaged.
Kilgore High School presents a notable paradox: it excels at graduating students, with a 95.3% graduation rate and an exceptionally low 0.2% dropout rate, yet struggles to bring most students to academic proficiency on state tests. The school's strongest subject is Biology, where 62.81% of students met proficiency in 2025-2026, though this still trails the state average of 70.51%. Its biggest challenge is Algebra I, where only 31.79% of students are proficient compared to 54.03% statewide—a gap of over 22 percentage points. English performance is a relative bright spot, with English II Reading proficiency (59.79%) landing within 0.09 percentage points of the state average (59.88%).
Encouragingly, the school showed significant year-over-year improvement across every tested subject from 2024-2025 to 2025-2026, with gains ranging from 3.85 percentage points in U.S. History to 12.78 percentage points in English II Reading. This consistent upward trend suggests recent instructional changes may be taking effect. The district ranks in the 30th percentile statewide (669th out of 951 districts) with a 1-star rating, while the school itself holds a 2-star rating. With a student-teacher ratio of 14.3:1 and per-student spending of $9,867, the key question for parents is whether resources are being effectively targeted to address the critical weakness in Algebra I, a foundational gatekeeper course for future academic success.
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