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Marshall Early Graduation School

Public Grades 9-12
1962nd
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 2,057 Texas High Schools
Better than 5% of Texas high schools
Summary

Marshall Early Graduation School in Marshall, TX, is a small alternative high school serving 71 students in grades 8 through 12 within the Marshall Independent School District (Isd), a district that ranks in the bottom 21st percentile statewide.

This school faces profound academic challenges, consistently ranking in the bottom 1-4% of all Texas high schools for the past six years. Test scores are critically low: in the 2025-2026 school year, only 8.33% of students were proficient in Algebra I, 11.11% in Biology, and 0% in English I Reading. The dropout rate is alarmingly high at 13.4%—nearly eight times the district average of 2.3%—and the graduation rate is just 63.3%. For context, nearby Texas Early College High School, a similarly small school with an early graduation focus, boasts a 100% graduation rate and a 0% dropout rate, proving the model can succeed. Even Marshall High School, just 2.2 miles away, has a graduation rate of 85.6% and a dropout rate of 1.7%.

The school serves a highly economically disadvantaged population, with 87-94% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch. While it maintains a favorable student-teacher ratio of 11:1 and spends a moderate amount per student ($10,438-$11,447), these resources have not translated into academic success. The data suggests the school is struggling to retain students and prepare them for basic academic benchmarks, making the challenge not graduating early, but graduating at all. This is a clear call for a fundamental reassessment of its strategies and support systems.

71
Students ?
11.2
Student/teacher ratio ?
$12,530
Per pupil spending ?
87.3%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 1202 Evans St
       Marshall, TX  75671

(903) 927-8700

District: Marshall Independent School District (Isd)

Racial breakdown:

African American:
42.3%
Hispanic:
40.8%
White:
14.1%
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At a glance
▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 1st percentile in 2021 → 5th in 2026
Strengths
✓Small classes — about 11 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Texas average (16% vs 62% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (5th percentile)
!Biology scores 59 pts below the Texas average
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school16%
District avg43%
Texas avg62%
1,962nd of 2,057
Texas public high schools ?
Bottom 5%▲ up 3 pts since 2021
From bottom 1% (2021) to bottom 5% (2026)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
2nd of 2High Schools in the Marshall Independent School District (Isd)
745th of 947Marshall Independent School District (Isd) among Texas districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Middle school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202415.22157 of 23729.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20233.22313 of 23300.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20226.02216 of 22541.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20214.62250 of 22520.1%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202433.7876 of 128031.6%★★☆☆☆
202213.51216 of 12512.8%☆☆☆☆☆

At Risk

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202213.12126 of 21822.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20219.92117 of 21180.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20232.52241 of 22410.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202417.52061 of 22357.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20227.32190 of 22201.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20246.02225 of 22460.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20226.62187 of 22281.8%☆☆☆☆☆
High school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20263.31962 of 20574.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20252.71930 of 19742.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20241.71988 of 19900.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20232.21942 of 19611.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20222.71842 of 18761.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20212.91835 of 18611.4%☆☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20262.01096 of 11010.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20256.8810 of 8342.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20243.81055 of 10650.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20235.41034 of 10693.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20223.01023 of 10310.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20214.31006 of 10201.4%☆☆☆☆☆

At Risk

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20226.21816 of 18371.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20215.71819 of 18290.5%☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20267.41190 of 12091.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202510.21086 of 11535.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20243.81428 of 14370.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20235.61365 of 13710.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20225.51277 of 12780.1%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20264.91849 of 19766.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20252.71475 of 15041.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20241.21868 of 18800.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20231.41868 of 18911.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20221.01829 of 18410.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20211.81800 of 18150.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20263.51828 of 19094.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20253.71420 of 14532.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20241.61799 of 18050.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20232.51796 of 18201.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20221.61756 of 17620.3%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20262.21952 of 19761.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20254.31471 of 15132.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20242.21882 of 18840.1%☆☆☆☆☆
20232.71873 of 18971.3%☆☆☆☆☆
20223.51814 of 18471.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20214.41812 of 18481.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20263.21923 of 19933.5%☆☆☆☆☆
20253.81467 of 15153.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20241.91879 of 18910.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20233.01875 of 19132.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20227.41739 of 18536.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20212.41824 of 18400.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20263.61600 of 16100.6%☆☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202669.3343 of 161178.7%★★★★☆
20241.31530 of 15561.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20230.41561 of 15761.0%☆☆☆☆☆
20220.41516 of 15250.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20210.31501 of 15100.6%☆☆☆☆☆
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)
Middle school
African American (2024)32nd percentile+22 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2024)8th percentile~ school
At Risk (2022)3rd percentile~ school
Male (2024)1st percentile-8 vs school
Female (2023)<1st percentile~ school
High school
White (2026)79th percentile+74 vs school
Female (2026)6th percentile~ school
Hispanic (2026)4th percentile~ school
Male (2026)4th percentile~ school
English Language Learner (2026)2nd percentile-3 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)1st percentile-3 vs school
At Risk (2022)1st percentile~ school
Special Education (2026)1st percentile-4 vs school
African American (2026)<1st percentile-4 vs school
By subject vs Texas (2025-2026) ?
U.S. History27%-43 vs state
English II Reading20%-40 vs state
Biology11%-59 vs state
Algebra I8%-46 vs state
English I Reading0%-55 vs state

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In the 2024-25 school year, 71 students attended Marshall Early Graduation School.

Students at Marshall Early Graduation School are 42% African American, 41% Hispanic, 14% White, 1% American Indian, 1% Two or more races.

Marshall Early Graduation School ranks in the bottom 4.6% of Texas high schools.

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Latest Texas data All new data »
2024–25 dropout rates & graduation ratesNewSep 30, 2026
2025–26 STAAR, STAAR EOC & STAAR Spanish test scoresJun 12, 2026
2021–22 through 2023–24 school spending dataJan 10, 2026
2023–24 dropout rates & graduation ratesSep 17, 2025


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Texas Education Agency.

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