Summary:
The Pettus Independent School District (Isd) is home to a single high school, Pettus Secondary, a small rural school serving 206 students in grades 6 through 12.
Pettus Secondary shows a clear split in academic strengths. The school excels in English and History, with 2025-2026 data showing English II Reading (78.79% proficient) and U.S. History (83.33% proficient) significantly outperforming state averages. However, mathematics performance is generally below state averages, with 6th Grade Math (20% proficient) and Algebra I (46.15% proficient) lagging behind. A notable exception is 8th Grade Mathematics, where the school achieved a 71.43% proficiency rate, dramatically higher than the state average of 47.24%. The school's state ranking has been volatile, reaching an 80th percentile ranking (4 stars) in 2024-2025 before dropping to a projected 50th percentile (3 stars) for 2025-2026.
Key metrics include a 12:1 student-teacher ratio, per-student spending of $17,609, and a 66.99% rate of students eligible for free or reduced lunch. The school boasts a perfect 100% graduation rate and a 0% dropout rate for 2023-2024. This perfect retention contrasts with mixed academic proficiency, suggesting the school is highly effective at keeping students enrolled but may need to focus on raising achievement in core subjects like math and science. The high per-student spending, while partly due to the small school size, does not guarantee uniformly high test scores across all subjects.
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