Summary:
The Maypearl Independent School District (Isd) is home to a single high school, Maypearl High School, which serves grades 9 through 12 in Maypearl, TX, with a total enrollment of 373 students. The school offers a favorable student-teacher ratio of 11.5:1 and spends over $10,000 per student, indicating a well-resourced environment. However, academic performance presents a mixed picture, with a strong graduation rate of 94.6% but declining state rankings, dropping from the 36th percentile in 2023-2024 to the 30th percentile in 2025-2026.
The most critical finding is a severe weakness in Algebra I proficiency, where only 4.05% of students met the state standard in 2025-2026, compared to the Texas average of 54.03%. This represents a staggering 50 percentage point gap and is a dramatic outlier compared to other subjects. In contrast, the school performs much closer to state averages in English I (50.53% vs. 55.43% state) and English II (55.05% vs. 59.88% state), while Biology (58.43% vs. 70.51% state) and U.S. History (56.98% vs. 70.17% state) show moderate gaps. This suggests that the school's overall ranking is heavily dragged down by its math performance, and without Algebra I, its results in other subjects are more competitive, though still below state averages.
A notable paradox exists between resources and outcomes: despite a low student-teacher ratio and above-average per-student spending, academic results, particularly in math, do not reflect this investment. The school's graduation rate of 94.6% is a silver lining, indicating effective student retention, but the declining trend in most subject proficiencies over the last three years is concerning. Only Algebra I showed a slight improvement (from 2.3% to 4.05%), but it remains critically low. This raises questions about whether the school is supporting students to graduation without ensuring they meet state academic benchmarks, or if alternative pathways are being used.
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