Summary:
The Post Independent School District (Isd) is home to a single middle school, Post Middle, which serves grades 6 through 8 in Post, Texas, with a total enrollment of 142 students.
Post Middle is a small school with a very favorable student-teacher ratio of 9.7, suggesting the potential for individualized attention. However, the school faces significant academic challenges, with proficiency rates in core subjects like reading and math falling well below state averages across all grade levels. The most dramatic underperformance is in 8th grade math for the 2024-2025 school year, where only 9.62% of students were proficient compared to the state average of 44.81%. On a positive note, the school reports a 0.0% dropout rate, indicating it successfully retains all its students. The school has received a 1-star rating for the last three years, and its state ranking has consistently been in the 13th to 23rd percentile.
A key takeaway is the "small class size paradox": despite the low student-teacher ratio, academic success is not being achieved, likely due to the high level of economic disadvantage (62.68% of students are eligible for free or reduced lunch). The school also shows significant year-over-year volatility in test scores, such as 8th grade math plummeting from 40.43% proficient to 9.62% in consecutive years, suggesting performance is highly dependent on the specific cohort of students rather than a stable instructional program. While there is a glimmer of hope in the 2025-2026 8th grade math score of 40.43% (close to the state average of 47.24%), the overall picture is one of a school that needs to focus on improving instructional quality and providing targeted support to close a massive achievement gap.
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