Leggett Independent School District (Isd)

The Leggett Independent School District (Isd) is a small, rural district in Texas serving 227 students across two schools: Leggett Elementary (grades PK-6) and Leggett High School (grades 7-12), with 74-75% of students economically disadvantaged.

The district ranks in the 13th percentile statewide (1 star), but the two schools tell very different stories. Leggett High School is the relative bright spot, achieving a perfect 100% graduation rate and 0% dropout rate for 2023-2024 despite high poverty. Its state ranking has rebounded to the 44th percentile (2 stars), and it excels in specific subjects: 78.57% of students were proficient in Biology and 90% in U.S. History in 2025-2026, both well above state averages. In contrast, Leggett Elementary struggles persistently, ranking in the single digits or low teens (0-1 stars) for three years. Math proficiency is critically low—0% of 3rd graders were proficient in 2024-2025, improving only to 13.33% the next year—and across all elementary grades, math scores lag 20-30 percentage points behind the state.

Key takeaways include a "poverty paradox" where the high school keeps students on track to graduate despite low test scores, and a stark elementary-to-high school performance gap. The "Algebra I wall" is a major bottleneck: 0% proficiency in 2024-2025, rising to just 5.88% in 2025-2026 versus the state average of 54%. Year-over-year volatility is common due to the small student body (96 in high school), making long-term trends hard to gauge. Favorable student-teacher ratios (15.4:1 elementary, 13.9:1 high school) and higher per-pupil spending at the high school ($12,579 vs. $9,729) offer some structural advantages, but the elementary school's math crisis remains the district's most urgent challenge.