Summary:
The Vega Independent School District (Isd) is home to a single high school, Vega High School, a small rural institution serving grades 9 through 12 with a total enrollment of just 108 students.
Vega High School is a standout performer on a state level, earning a prestigious 5-star rating and ranking 96th out of 2,009 high schools in Texas, placing it in the 95th percentile. This represents a dramatic improvement from the previous year, when it held a 4-star rating and ranked in the 82nd percentile. The school boasts a perfect 100% graduation rate and a 0% dropout rate, supported by an exceptionally low student-teacher ratio of 6.7:1 and high per-pupil spending of $19,266, which allows for intensive, personalized instruction. Academically, the school far exceeds state averages in every subject, with particularly extraordinary results in English Language Arts—proficiency rates of 94.74% in English I Reading and 92.86% in English II Reading outperform the state by 39 and 33 percentage points, respectively. Biology also shines at 97.37% proficiency. While Algebra I proficiency is the school's lowest score at 78.38%, it still surpasses the state average by over 24 percentage points, suggesting a potential area for continued focus.
The most striking finding is the school's meteoric year-over-year improvement, with proficiency rates rising substantially across all subjects between the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 school years. This data strongly suggests that the small, well-funded environment is a key driver of academic success, though a notable gap exists in the data regarding the percentage of students receiving free or reduced lunch, which would provide important context on the student body's socioeconomic background.
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