Summary
Lone Star H S Central (Tjjd) in Mart, TX, is a small disciplinary alternative education program (DAEP) campus serving 225 students in grades 8-12, and it is part of the Lone Star School District, which ranks near the bottom of all Texas school districts.
This school is fundamentally different from traditional high schools because it serves students who have been removed from their regular school settings due to disciplinary or legal issues. As a result, its academic performance, as measured by standardized tests, is critically low. In the most recent school year, the school recorded 0% proficiency in 8th Grade Reading, Mathematics, Social Studies, and Algebra I. This is a stark contrast to Mart High School, located less than a mile away, which achieved 56.52% proficiency in 8th Grade Reading and 41.3% in Algebra I. Even the lowest-performing traditional school in the area, Marlin High, had 29.51% proficiency in 8th Grade Reading. The school's state ranking is consistently in the bottom 1%, ranking 1989th out of 2009 schools in the 2025-2026 school year.
It is important to understand that these low test scores are not necessarily a reflection of poor teaching, but rather the profound educational disruptions and behavioral challenges faced by the students it serves. The school's primary goal is likely rehabilitation and credit recovery, not high-stakes test preparation. There is a small glimmer of improvement in high school End-of-Course (EOC) exams, with 8.2% proficiency in Biology and 6.17% in English I Reading, suggesting some capacity to help students make progress. The school does not report data for free/reduced lunch percentage or student-teacher ratio, which is common for small, specialized campuses. Ultimately, Lone Star H S Central is a specialized intervention program, not a neighborhood school, and its value lies in providing structure and a path back to a traditional school setting.
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