Summary:
Snyder High School is the sole high school serving grades 9-12 in the Snyder Independent School District (Isd), located in a community where over 61% of students are economically disadvantaged, with a total enrollment of 720 students.
Snyder High School presents a mixed picture of performance. On the positive side, the school boasts a strong graduation rate of 95.3% and a very low dropout rate of 0.7%, indicating that nearly all students stay in school and earn their diplomas. The school also excels in U.S. History, with 79.08% of students proficient in the 2025-2026 school year, significantly outperforming the state average of 70.17%. However, the school struggles profoundly in foundational subjects. In the same year, only 21.89% of students were proficient in Algebra I and 30.19% in English I Reading, both far below state averages of 54.03% and 55.43%, respectively. This creates a "two-schools" phenomenon where the school is strong in some areas but critically weak in others.
Despite a favorable student-teacher ratio of 13.4:1 and per-student spending of over $13,000, the district ranks in the bottom 14th percentile in Texas, earning a 1-star rating. A notable finding is the extreme volatility in Biology scores, which swung from 42.07% proficiency in 2024-2025 to 69.46% in 2025-2026. This inconsistency, combined with the high graduation rate but low proficiency in core subjects, raises important questions about whether students are being graduated without mastering essential academic skills. For parents, this means the school is effective at retaining students and teaching history, but significant challenges remain in math and early literacy that require attention.
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