High Schools in Nocona Independent School District (Isd)

The Nocona Independent School District (Isd) is home to a single high school, Nocona High School, which serves grades 9 through 12 with a current enrollment of 258 students in a small, rural Texas community. The district itself holds a 3-star rating and ranks in the 68th percentile statewide, reflecting solid overall performance.

Nocona High School demonstrates clear academic strengths, particularly in Biology and English I Reading, where it consistently outperforms the state average. In the most recent school year, 75.47% of students were proficient in Biology (compared to 70.51% statewide) and 69.23% were proficient in English I Reading (versus 55.43% statewide). However, U.S. History is a notable weakness, with only 63.16% proficiency—well below the state average of 70.17%. The school also shows a significant "Algebra I Gap," where its proficiency rate of 63.83% is nearly 7 percentage points lower than the district's overall rate, suggesting that middle school students may be better prepared for this subject than high schoolers. On a positive note, the school has achieved remarkable year-over-year improvement, with proficiency jumps of over 10 percentage points in Algebra I, English I, and English II Reading between the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 school years.

Beyond test scores, Nocona High School excels in student retention and completion metrics, boasting a 0.0% dropout rate and a 95.9% graduation rate. The school also benefits from a low student-teacher ratio of 11.1:1, which supports smaller class sizes and more individualized attention. While about half of the students (50.78%) are economically disadvantaged, the school's steady improvement in state ranking—from the 58th to the 66th percentile over three years—indicates positive momentum. The contrast between high graduation rates and more moderate test proficiency in subjects like Algebra I and U.S. History suggests the school effectively keeps students on track to graduate, even if some struggle to reach the "proficient" academic benchmark in every subject.