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Big Spring High School

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Big Spring High School ranks 1350 th of 1974 Texas high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Public Grades 9-12

1350^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,974 Texas High Schools

Better than 32% of Texas high schools

Summary

Big Spring High School is a public high school in Big Spring, Texas, serving 1,044 students in grades 9-12 as part of the Big Spring Independent School District. While the school has seen steady improvements in its graduation rates, it has consistently ranked in the lower half of Texas high schools over the past several years, with a 1 or 2 out of 5 star rating from SchoolDigger.com.

Big Spring High School's performance on STAAR End-of-Course (EOC) exams is generally below the state and district averages across all subject areas, with proficiency rates ranging from 30.05% in Algebra I to 53.91% in Biology, compared to state averages of 47.01% and 62.04%, respectively. The school's dropout rate has fluctuated, ranging from 1.7% to 4.9% over the past few years, though the most recent rate of 1.7% is lower than the state average. Interestingly, the school's Asian students perform exceptionally well, ranking in the top 10% of Texas high schools, while African American, Hispanic, and White students all perform below the state averages for their respective subgroups.

Compared to nearby schools, Forsan High School and Coahoma High School generally outperform Big Spring High School on key metrics such as graduation rates, test scores, and subgroup performance. For example, Forsan High School has a 94.3% four-year graduation rate and higher proficiency rates on STAAR EOC exams, despite spending less per student than Big Spring High School.

982

Students ?

11.9

Student/teacher ratio ?

$10,102

Per pupil spending ?

64.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

707 E 11th Pl
Big Spring, TX 79720-4648

(432) 264-3641

District: Big Spring Independent School District (Isd)

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

68.0%

White:

22.3%

African American:

5.6%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 30th percentile in 2015 → 32nd in 2025

Strengths

✓90% graduate within 4 years

✓Small classes — about 12 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Texas average (45% vs 56% meeting standards)

!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing

!U.S. History scores 18 pts below the Texas average

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school45%

District avg46%

Texas avg56%

1,350^th of 1,974

Texas public high schools ?

Bottom 32%▲ up 2 pts since 2015

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	32.1	1350 of 1974	31.6%	★★☆☆☆
2024	30.8	1393 of 1990	30.0%	★★☆☆☆
2023	30.6	1375 of 1961	29.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	32.2	1295 of 1876	31.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	25.3	1421 of 1861	23.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.0	1515 of 1857	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	24.5	1398 of 1797	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	18.7	1468 of 1777	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	29.6	1368 of 1762	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	38.4	1221 of 1743	29.9%	★★☆☆☆
2014	35.0	1253 of 1734	27.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	31.3	1261 of 1652	23.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	33.7	1221 of 1603	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	35.9	1371 of 1672	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	48.7	1066 of 1568	32.0%	★★☆☆☆
2009	51.6	943 of 1539	38.7%	★★☆☆☆
2008	39.7	1117 of 1510	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	46.6	989 of 1497	33.9%	★★☆☆☆
2006	53.7	817 of 1430	42.9%	★★☆☆☆
2005	48.9	896 of 1429	37.3%	★★☆☆☆
2004	52.5	839 of 1427	41.2%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	43.4	396 of 834	52.5%	★★★☆☆
2024	24.5	786 of 1065	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	38.7	605 of 1069	43.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	45.0	474 of 1031	54.0%	★★★☆☆
2021	25.1	775 of 1020	24.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	29.4	714 of 1024	30.3%	★★☆☆☆
2018	29.4	701 of 1013	30.8%	★★☆☆☆

Asian

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	58.0	188 of 428	56.1%	★★★☆☆
2024	81.6	49 of 530	90.8%	★★★★★

At Risk

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2022	23.4	1503 of 1837	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	25.5	1435 of 1829	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	18.1	1637 of 1810	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	30.1	1342 of 1784	24.8%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	37.1	645 of 1153	44.1%	★★☆☆☆
2024	32.0	918 of 1437	36.1%	★★☆☆☆
2023	22.6	1086 of 1371	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	46.9	475 of 1278	62.8%	★★★☆☆
2021	24.6	965 of 1195	19.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	29.6	814 of 1136	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	35.3	666 of 1113	40.2%	★★☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	29.1	1078 of 1504	28.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	29.1	1350 of 1880	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	31.3	1313 of 1891	30.6%	★★☆☆☆
2022	31.7	1279 of 1841	30.5%	★★☆☆☆
2021	24.8	1407 of 1815	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	19.1	1535 of 1798	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.9	1455 of 1781	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	16.7	879 of 964	8.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	61.9	582 of 1182	50.8%	★★★☆☆
2022	63.6	514 of 1172	56.1%	★★★☆☆
2021	41.5	892 of 1177	24.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.8	1040 of 1145	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	52.4	727 of 1137	36.1%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	28.0	1082 of 1453	25.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	27.9	1302 of 1805	27.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	29.0	1325 of 1820	27.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	30.6	1231 of 1762	30.1%	★★☆☆☆
2021	24.5	1366 of 1743	21.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.0	1468 of 1714	14.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.4	1394 of 1691	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	30.1	1089 of 1513	28.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	24.3	1496 of 1884	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	30.2	1362 of 1897	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	30.8	1320 of 1847	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	21.8	1518 of 1848	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.0	1562 of 1818	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	24.2	1487 of 1794	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	24.3	1155 of 1515	23.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	21.3	1497 of 1891	20.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	26.7	1412 of 1913	26.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	30.4	1289 of 1853	30.4%	★★☆☆☆
2021	24.1	1414 of 1840	23.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	20.1	1538 of 1824	15.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.5	1466 of 1803	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	13.8	540 of 598	9.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	26.9	567 of 731	22.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	39.1	397 of 677	41.4%	★★☆☆☆
2022	34.4	430 of 664	35.2%	★★☆☆☆
2021	17.8	508 of 588	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	21.6	501 of 604	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	32.6	409 of 582	29.7%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	51.0	495 of 1299	61.9%	★★★☆☆
2024	39.2	915 of 1548	40.9%	★★☆☆☆
2023	31.0	1057 of 1478	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	35.5	908 of 1418	36.0%	★★☆☆☆
2021	36.2	863 of 1382	37.6%	★★☆☆☆
2019	31.1	991 of 1357	27.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.7	1251 of 1347	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	20.8	1069 of 1294	17.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	17.7	1341 of 1556	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	31.1	1132 of 1576	28.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	27.5	1180 of 1525	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	23.6	1228 of 1510	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	17.1	1347 of 1526	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	22.6	1283 of 1539	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆

How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)

Special Education (2025)62nd percentile+30 vs school

Asian (2025)56th percentile+24 vs school

African American (2025)53rd percentile+21 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)44th percentile+12 vs school

Female (2025)28th percentile-3 vs school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)28th percentile-4 vs school

Hispanic (2025)26th percentile-6 vs school

Male (2025)24th percentile-8 vs school

At Risk (2022)18th percentile-13 vs school

White (2025)17th percentile-14 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)10th percentile-22 vs school

Gifted and Talented (2025)9th percentile-23 vs school

By subject vs Texas (2024-2025) ?

Biology54%-8 vs state

U.S. History50%-18 vs state

English II Reading47%-9 vs state

English I Reading42%-9 vs state

Algebra I30%-17 vs state

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What people are saying

by a teacher
Thursday, January 18, 2018

I worked at this school and it was wonderful! The teachers care about the students and the students are amazing.
There are a lot of activities and sports, something for everyone to fit in. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2025)				Ranking (2024)				STAAR EOC Algebra I (2025)	STAAR EOC Biology (2025)	STAAR EOC English I Reading (2025)	STAAR EOC English II Reading (2025)	STAAR EOC U.S. History (2025)	STAAR Reading (2025)			STAAR Mathematics (2025)			STAAR Science (2025)	STAAR Social Studies (2025)	Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	SchoolDigger Rating (2025)	Average Standard Score (2024)	Statewide Rank (2024)	State Percentile (2024)	Rank Change from Previous Year	STAAR EOC Algebra I End of Course	STAAR EOC Biology End of Course	STAAR EOC English I Reading End of Course	STAAR EOC English II Reading End of Course	STAAR EOC U.S. History End of Course	STAAR Reading 6th Grade	STAAR Reading 7th Grade	STAAR Reading 8th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 6th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 7th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 8th Grade	STAAR Science 8th Grade	STAAR Social Studies 8th Grade	Total
Big Spring High School	Public	9-12	707 E 11th Pl	Big Spring	79720	Howard County	Big Spring Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(432) 264-3641	982	82	11.9	64.2%	219 (22.3%)	55 (5.6%)	668 (68.0%)	14 (1.4%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (2.5%)	32.1	1350^th of 1974 public high schools	31.6%		30.8	1393^rd of 1990 public high schools	30.0%	43	30.1	53.9	42.3	47.0	50.0									$10,102
Big Spring Daep	Public	5-12	229 Airbase Rd	Big Spring	79720	Howard County	Big Spring Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(432) 264-3641	0	0	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Coahoma High School	Public	9-12	600 N Main	Coahoma	79511	Howard County	Coahoma Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(432) 394-5000	317	24	13.3	24.6%	167 (52.7%)	4 (1.3%)	145 (45.7%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	47.9	962^nd of 1974 public high schools	51.3%		38.6	1204^th of 1990 public high schools	39.5%	242	29.7	61.6	52.2	57.0	66.7									$8,280
Forsan High School	Public	6-12	411 W 6th	Forsan	79733	Howard County	Forsan Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(432) 457-2223	352	31	11.4	42.3%	207 (58.8%)	4 (1.1%)	128 (36.4%)	10 (2.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	2 (0.6%)	61.2	643^rd of 1974 public high schools	67.4%		73.6	347^th of 1990 public high schools	82.6%	296	28.3	76.3	63.8	78.0	62.5	65.4	60.8	70.8	37.3	34.6	48.9	50.0	29.2	$13,571

Frequently Asked Questions about Big Spring High School

How many students attend Big Spring High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 982 students attended Big Spring High School.

Is Big Spring High School a good school?

Big Spring High School ranks 1350^th of 1974 Texas high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

What schools feed into Big Spring High School?

Big Spring High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Marcy Elementary
Elementary : Moss Elementary
Elementary : Washington Elementary
Middle : Big Spring J H

What district is Big Spring High School in?

Big Spring Independent School District (Isd)

What is the racial makeup of Big Spring High School?

Students at Big Spring High School are 68% Hispanic, 22% White, 6% African American, 3% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

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