Dickinson High School

Summary:

Dickinson High School is a public high school in Dickinson, Texas, serving 3,619 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Dickinson Independent School District, which is ranked 606 out of 968 districts in Texas and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Dickinson High School stands out for its diverse student population, with a majority Hispanic enrollment (50.76%) and significant African American (19.78%) and White (24.92%) representation. The school has seen steady improvements in its graduation rate, increasing from 89.0% in 2018-2019 to 94.1% in 2022-2023, and a decreasing dropout rate, down to 0.6% in 2021-2022. However, the school's performance on STAAR End-of-Course exams has been mixed, with strengths in Biology and U.S. History but struggles in Algebra I, where only 41.78% of students were proficient or better in 2023-2024, compared to the district's 54.54% and the state's 44.73%. Additionally, Dickinson High School has a relatively high percentage of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, ranging from 61.71% to 65.27% over the past few years, significantly higher than the nearby Clear Creek ISD schools.

When compared to nearby schools, such as Clear Springs High School and Clear Falls High School in the Clear Creek ISD, Dickinson High School lags behind in several key metrics, including test scores and graduation rates. However, the district's Dickinson Continuation Center has a higher four-year graduation rate (96.7%) than Dickinson High School, suggesting that the alternative program may be effective in supporting students who struggle in the traditional high school setting. Understanding the unique needs and challenges of Dickinson High School's diverse student body could be valuable in developing effective strategies to improve student outcomes.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 3800 Baker Dr
       Dickinson, TX  77539-5916


(281) 229-6400

District: Dickinson Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
939th of 1,987 Texas High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $9,866 Help


Feeder schools for Dickinson High School:

Elementary:    Bay Colony Elementary
    Calder Road Elementary
    Dunbar Middle
    Elva C Lobit Middle
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Middle:    Eugene 'gene' Kranz J H
    R D McAdams J H

Student/teacher ratio:  15.9 Help
Number of students:  3,619

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
50.8%
White:
24.9%
African American:
19.8%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  63.7% Help


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Compare Details Dickinson High School ranks better than 52.7% of high schools in Texas. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 49.67. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Dickinson High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
Student Body
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Compare Details Dickinson High School has the largest high school student body size in the Dickinson Independent School District (Isd). Student population at Dickinson High School is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (50.8%), White (24.9%), African American (19.8%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 63.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Dickinson High School is 15.9, which is the highest among 3 high schools in the Dickinson Independent School District (Isd)! (See more...)
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Dickinson High School is $9,866. 1 high schools in the Dickinson Independent School District (Isd) spend more per student.
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Dickinson High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Dickinson High School 939th of 1987 Texas public high schools. (See Dickinson High School in the ranking list.)

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Dickinson Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Dickinson Independent School District (Isd) 606th of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Dickinson High School

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Rank History for all students at Dickinson High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 50.09 892nd 1427 37.5%
2005 57.54 707th 1429 50.5%
2006 53.42 822nd 1430 42.5%
2007 56.61 789th 1497 47.3%
2008 57.76 749th 1510 50.4%
2009 59.45 733rd 1539 52.4%
2010 57.54 821st 1568 47.6%
2011 62.59 701st 1672 58.1%
2012 39.50 1108th 1603 30.9%
2013 55.71 719th 1652 56.5%
2014 46.16 1022nd 1734 41.1%
2015 49.08 993rd 1743 43.0%
2016 52.11 905th 1762 48.6%
2017 49.49 779th 1777 56.2%
2018 51.18 765th 1797 57.4%
2019 52.26 809th 1857 56.4%
2021 48.54 924th 1861 50.3%
2022 37.74 1170th 1876 37.6%
2023 43.41 1096th 1961 44.1%
2024 49.67 939th 1987 52.7%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Dickinson High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.74 269th 582 53.8%
2019 60.33 219th 604 63.7%
2021 36.49 369th 588 37.2%
2022 28.77 488th 664 26.5%
2023 28.27 507th 677 25.1%
2024 57.00 267th 730 63.4%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Dickinson High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 23.98 942nd 1113 15.4%
2019 33.36 747th 1136 34.2%
2021 30.96 849th 1195 29.0%
2022 18.63 1123rd 1278 12.1%
2023 26.67 990th 1371 27.8%
2024 30.47 960th 1435 33.1%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Dickinson High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.87 347th 1347 74.2%
2019 67.27 243rd 1357 82.1%
2021 57.73 390th 1382 71.8%
2022 49.02 566th 1418 60.1%
2023 61.16 369th 1478 75.0%
2024 51.33 595th 1547 61.5%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Dickinson High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.93 730th 1794 59.3%
2019 52.18 732nd 1818 59.7%
2021 49.84 816th 1848 55.8%
2022 38.08 1122nd 1847 39.3%
2023 43.87 983rd 1897 48.2%
2024 44.95 892nd 1883 52.6%
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Rank History for Female students at Dickinson High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 52.11 795th 1781 55.4%
2019 54.38 785th 1798 56.3%
2021 50.83 868th 1815 52.2%
2022 38.34 1142nd 1841 38.0%
2023 42.18 1095th 1891 42.1%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Dickinson High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 61.38 551st 1137 51.5%
2019 64.20 482nd 1145 57.9%
2021 60.56 615th 1177 47.7%
2022 57.56 652nd 1172 44.4%
2023 68.94 395th 1182 66.6%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Dickinson High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.10 530th 1784 70.3%
2019 51.72 680th 1810 62.4%
2021 50.29 722nd 1829 60.5%
2022 33.98 1196th 1837 34.9%
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Rank History for Male students at Dickinson High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 46.56 892nd 1803 50.5%
2019 47.92 878th 1824 51.9%
2021 42.81 1000th 1840 45.7%
2022 33.67 1216th 1853 34.4%
2023 41.84 1073rd 1913 43.9%
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Rank History for Asian students at Dickinson High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 38.44 340th 486 30.0%
2019 34.26 370th 487 24.0%
2021 37.96 329th 488 32.6%
2022 49.98 285th 507 43.8%
2023 27.98 414th 525 21.1%
2024 39.27 373rd 529 29.5%
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Rank History for African American students at Dickinson High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 58.89 309th 1013 69.5%
2019 52.37 393rd 1024 61.6%
2021 52.31 396th 1020 61.2%
2022 44.81 476th 1031 53.8%
2023 53.68 384th 1069 64.1%
2024 52.06 389th 1065 63.5%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Dickinson High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 49.85 722nd 1691 57.3%
2019 55.00 652nd 1714 62.0%
2021 50.32 765th 1743 56.1%
2022 35.31 1120th 1762 36.4%
2023 42.27 1003rd 1820 44.9%
2024 42.05 922nd 1804 48.9%
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Rank History for Native American students at Dickinson High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 56.44 53rd 122 56.6%
2019 62.22 44th 105 58.1%
2021 53.34 48th 95 49.5%
2023 32.43 71st 101 29.7%
2024 51.58 57th 107 46.7%
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Rank History for White students at Dickinson High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 48.41 786th 1539 48.9%
2019 45.44 848th 1526 44.4%
2021 43.71 872nd 1510 42.3%
2022 34.14 1069th 1525 29.9%
2023 43.13 920th 1576 41.6%
2024 44.27 852nd 1556 45.2%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

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Enrollment information for Dickinson High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 980 174 28 169 n/a n/a n/a 0 1351
1989 927 179 41 176 1 n/a n/a 0 1324
1990 906 164 41 178 1 n/a n/a 0 1290
1991 967 152 45 201 1 n/a n/a 0 1366
1992 996 156 43 192 1 n/a n/a 0 1388
1993 1045 166 38 228 0 n/a n/a 0 1477
1994 1006 152 48 243 1 n/a n/a 0 1450
1995 1000 197 64 273 2 n/a n/a 0 1536
1996 1000 197 64 273 2 n/a n/a 0 1536
1997 1004 212 56 315 2 n/a n/a 0 1589
1998 996 207 63 308 0 n/a n/a 0 1574
1999 943 201 64 333 0 n/a n/a 0 1541
2000 923 196 64 364 2 n/a n/a 0 1549
2001 846 192 65 366 3 n/a n/a 0 1472
2002 842 208 67 431 1 n/a n/a 0 1549
2003 842 208 67 431 1 n/a n/a 0 1549
2004 813 227 74 466 2 n/a n/a 0 1582
2005 853 255 72 550 7 n/a n/a 0 1737
2006 877 299 65 639 6 n/a n/a 0 1886
2007 945 318 65 692 5 n/a n/a 0 2025
2008 962 362 69 792 9 n/a n/a 0 2194
2009 947 381 81 879 5 n/a n/a 0 2293
2010 909 357 86 913 6 n/a n/a 0 2271
2011 825 363 67 908 8 2 37 0 2210
2012 807 358 74 1001 7 2 46 0 2295
2013 814 422 86 1044 8 3 51 0 2428
2014 823 475 83 1109 10 3 51 0 2554
2015 826 515 82 1155 12 4 60 0 2654
2016 869 564 77 1256 12 3 51 0 2832
2017 855 568 83 1332 10 3 56 0 2907
2018 800 551 80 1411 13 4 67 0 2926
2019 818 578 79 1444 17 4 66 0 3006
2020 844 627 80 1493 17 4 74 0 3139
2021 861 665 74 1629 19 2 87 0 3337
2022 895 695 71 1729 17 5 88 0 3500
2023 902 716 73 1837 8 4 79 0 3619

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

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For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Dickinson High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1351 94.0 14.3 n/a
1989 1324 n/a n/a n/a
1990 1290 89.0 14.4 n/a
1991 1366 89.0 15.3 n/a
1992 1388 94.8 14.6 16.1
1993 1477 97.0 15.2 18.6
1994 1450 100.6 14.4 19.8
1995 1536 102.2 15.0 21.6
1996 1536 102.2 15.0 21.6
1997 1589 105.3 15.1 30.8
1998 1574 106.4 14.8 30.8
1999 1541 105.1 14.7 33.4
2000 1549 106.7 14.5 35.5
2001 1472 108.2 13.6 37
2002 1549 98.0 15.8 40.9
2003 1549 98.0 15.8 40.9
2004 1582 102.4 15.4 41.8
2005 1737 110.6 15.7 44.7
2006 1886 115.4 16.3 46.2
2007 2025 119.3 17.0 47.6
2008 2194 134.0 16.4 41.9
2009 2293 148.1 15.5 49
2010 2271 141.3 16.0 47.4
2011 2210 141.9 15.5 50.7
2012 2295 138.9 16.5 54.2
2013 2428 144.6 16.7 54.2
2014 2554 144.6 17.6 55
2015 2654 155.0 17.1 54.3
2016 2832 169.0 16.7 55.5
2017 2907 181.6 16.0 55.5
2018 2926 186.2 15.7 57
2019 3006 186.0 16.1 60.1
2020 3139 204.9 15.3 59.2
2021 3337 212.0 15.7 65.3
2022 3500 216.6 16.1 61.7
2023 3619 226.5 15.9 63.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Dickinson High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1351 94.0 14.3 n/a
1989 1324 n/a n/a n/a
1990 1290 89.0 14.4 n/a
1991 1366 89.0 15.3 n/a
1992 1388 94.8 14.6 16.1
1993 1477 97.0 15.2 18.6
1994 1450 100.6 14.4 19.8
1995 1536 102.2 15.0 21.6
1996 1536 102.2 15.0 21.6
1997 1589 105.3 15.1 30.8
1998 1574 106.4 14.8 30.8
1999 1541 105.1 14.7 33.4
2000 1549 106.7 14.5 35.5
2001 1472 108.2 13.6 37
2002 1549 98.0 15.8 40.9
2003 1549 98.0 15.8 40.9
2004 1582 102.4 15.4 41.8
2005 1737 110.6 15.7 44.7
2006 1886 115.4 16.3 46.2
2007 2025 119.3 17.0 47.6
2008 2194 134.0 16.4 41.9
2009 2293 148.1 15.5 49
2010 2271 141.3 16.0 47.4
2011 2210 141.9 15.5 50.7
2012 2295 138.9 16.5 54.2
2013 2428 144.6 16.7 54.2
2014 2554 144.6 17.6 55
2015 2654 155.0 17.1 54.3
2016 2832 169.0 16.7 55.5
2017 2907 181.6 16.0 55.5
2018 2926 186.2 15.7 57
2019 3006 186.0 16.1 60.1
2020 3139 204.9 15.3 59.2
2021 3337 212.0 15.7 65.3
2022 3500 216.6 16.1 61.7
2023 3619 226.5 15.9 63.7

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
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Per Pupil Expenditures for Dickinson High School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $913 (9.7%) $8,480 (90.3%) $9,393
2020 $733 (7.7%) $8,770 (92.3%) $9,503
2021 $673 (6.8%) $9,194 (93.2%) $9,866

Data source: Texas Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Dickinson High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 809th of 1857 High schoolsRanks 1096th of 1961 High schools
 12.3%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
End of Course Algebra I (Dickinson High School)5834
 24%
   End of Course Algebra I (Dickinson Independent School District (Isd))6447
 17%
   End of Course Algebra I (Texas)6245
 17%
End of Course Biology (Dickinson High School)6855
 13%
   End of Course Biology (Dickinson Independent School District (Isd))6854
 14%
   End of Course Biology (Texas)6357
 6%
End of Course English I Reading (Dickinson High School)4752
 5%
   End of Course English I Reading (Dickinson Independent School District (Isd))4752
 5%
   End of Course English I Reading (Texas)4954
 5%
End of Course English II Reading (Dickinson High School)4851
 3%
   End of Course English II Reading (Dickinson Independent School District (Isd))4751
 4%
   End of Course English II Reading (Texas)5156
 5%
End of Course U.S. History (Dickinson High School)7671
 5%
   End of Course U.S. History (Dickinson Independent School District (Isd))7671
 5%
   End of Course U.S. History (Texas)7571
 4%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students30063619
 20.4%
African American578716
 23.9%
American Indian178
 52.9%
Asian7973
 7.6%
Hispanic14441837
 27.2%
Pacific Islander44
White818902
 10.3%
Two or More Races6679
 19.7%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients60.1%63.7%
 3.5%


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Students at Dickinson High School are 51% Hispanic, 25% White, 20% African American, 2% Two or more races, 2% Asian.

In the 2022-23 school year, 3,619 students attended Dickinson High School.

Dickinson High School ranks 939th of 1987 Texas high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 3 stars out of 5.


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