Summary:
Oakwood Independent School District (Isd) is home to a single high school, Oakwood High School, which serves grades 7 through 12 with a very small enrollment of 83 students in a rural, high-poverty area where over 80% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.
Oakwood High School presents a striking paradox. On one hand, it achieves a perfect 100% graduation rate and a 0% dropout rate, demonstrating an exceptional ability to keep students on track to earn their diplomas. On the other hand, its academic performance is a major concern, with the school consistently ranking in the bottom third of Texas high schools (28th-29th percentile) and earning a 1-star rating. The school benefits from a very low student-teacher ratio of 7.2:1 and high per-student spending of $17,200, resources that typically support strong academics, yet proficiency rates in core subjects are low. For example, only 37.5% of students were proficient in English II Reading and just 47.06% in Algebra I for the 2025-2026 school year.
The most critical academic weakness is in 8th Grade Social Studies, where only 6.25% of students were proficient compared to the state average of 31.69%. However, there is a bright spot in 7th Grade Mathematics, where 45.45% of students were proficient, significantly outperforming the state average of 29.41%. Performance can be volatile from year to year, as seen in Algebra I proficiency swinging from 4.76% to 47.06% between school years, likely due to the very small class sizes. In summary, Oakwood High School excels at student retention and graduation but faces significant challenges in raising academic achievement to match its resource advantages.
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