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Meadow School

Public, Alternative Grades PK, KG-12
2953rd
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 4,627 Texas Alternative Schools
Better than 36% of Texas alternative schools
Summary

Meadow School in Meadow, TX, is a small, rural PK-12 alternative school within the Meadow Independent School District (Isd), serving just 230 students and standing out for its perfect record of keeping every student on track to graduate.

The school’s most remarkable achievement is a 100% graduation rate and 0% dropout rate for five consecutive years, a feat unmatched by nearby schools like Smyer Schools or Ropes School. This success is fueled by an extremely low student-teacher ratio of 9.5:1 and high per-student spending of $14,721, which allows for significant individualized attention and support. However, this focus on retention creates a unique profile: while the school excels at ensuring students stay in school, its academic performance on state tests is inconsistent. For example, 8th-grade math scores have soared from 17% proficiency to 58% in recent years, yet 6th-grade reading (31%) and U.S. History (38%) lag far behind state averages. This suggests the school prioritizes a supportive, "no student left behind" environment over uniformly high test scores.

Compared to other rural schools, Meadow School serves a higher-needs population, with nearly 64% of students qualifying for free or reduced lunch—more than double the rate at Lubbock-Cooper Liberty High School (17%). While Lubbock-Cooper Liberty High School achieves 80-90% proficiency on end-of-course exams, Meadow’s scores are lower, highlighting the challenge of overcoming socioeconomic barriers. Still, the school shines in Biology (70% proficiency) and has shown dramatic improvement in upper-grade math, indicating that targeted interventions can work. For parents, Meadow School offers a deeply caring environment where every student is supported to graduate, but academic excellence varies by subject and grade level.

230
Students ?
9.5
Student/teacher ratio ?
$16,245
Per pupil spending ?
63.9%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 604-4th St
       Meadow, TX  79345-9801

(806) 539-2246

District: Meadow Independent School District (Isd)

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
71.7%
White:
26.5%
Two or more races:
1.7%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Declining — 38th percentile in 2023 → 24th in 2026
Strengths
100% graduate within 4 years
Small classes — about 10 students per teacher
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Texas average (42% vs 52% meeting standards)
!Ranking has slipped — down 14 percentile points since 2023
!Some student groups rank well below the school's overall statewide standing
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school42%
District avg42%
Texas avg52%
Elementary school
2,953rd of 4,627
Texas public elementary schools ?
Bottom 36%▼ down 3 pts since 2016
From bottom 39% (2016) to bottom 36% (2026)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
Middle school
1,460th of 2,335
Texas public middle schools ?
Bottom 37%▲ up 10 pts since 2016
From bottom 27% (2016) to bottom 37% (2026)
See the entire ranking list of Texas Middle Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
High school
1,536th of 2,009
Texas public high schools ?
Bottom 24%▼ down 30 pts since 2016
From top 46% (2016) to bottom 24% (2026)
See the entire ranking list of Texas High Schools →
SchoolDigger rating ?
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
Elementary school ranking
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202637.02953 of 462736.2%★★☆☆☆
202525.83682 of 465120.8%★☆☆☆☆
202437.33003 of 471036.2%★★☆☆☆
202329.23446 of 464725.8%★☆☆☆☆
202238.62820 of 458138.4%★★☆☆☆
202133.02970 of 457835.1%★★☆☆☆
201914.94151 of 44797.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201819.63831 of 435912.1%★☆☆☆☆
201736.82725 of 432937.1%★★☆☆☆
201643.92599 of 428639.4%★★☆☆☆
201516.63900 of 43209.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201435.43140 of 426026.3%★☆☆☆☆
201339.32912 of 422131.0%★★☆☆☆
201235.63118 of 420625.9%★☆☆☆☆
201134.93175 of 409522.5%★☆☆☆☆
201052.52200 of 393744.1%★★☆☆☆
200962.71571 of 388459.6%★★★☆☆
200849.72219 of 376841.1%★★☆☆☆
200743.02544 of 372431.7%★★☆☆☆
200637.32597 of 347625.3%★☆☆☆☆
200544.22293 of 347534.0%★★☆☆☆
200456.11692 of 346551.2%★★★☆☆

At Risk

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202213.14341 of 44612.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202116.34204 of 43312.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201917.64090 of 42954.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201819.93945 of 42407.0%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202616.74225 of 45757.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202519.43295 of 374412.0%★☆☆☆☆
202436.23090 of 465833.7%★★☆☆☆
202333.73184 of 458830.6%★★☆☆☆
202229.03486 of 456123.6%★☆☆☆☆
202128.03319 of 449926.2%★☆☆☆☆
201913.44144 of 43484.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201820.63811 of 430611.5%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202637.32966 of 441332.8%★★☆☆☆
202522.93128 of 364414.2%★☆☆☆☆
202428.73505 of 446521.5%★☆☆☆☆
202332.63231 of 440126.6%★☆☆☆☆
202239.52782 of 437636.4%★★☆☆☆
202133.92984 of 432931.1%★★☆☆☆
201910.34127 of 41881.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201814.44016 of 41683.6%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202640.32841 of 452037.1%★★☆☆☆
202522.43269 of 370511.8%★☆☆☆☆
202433.93337 of 459427.4%★☆☆☆☆
202336.73114 of 452131.1%★★☆☆☆
202238.92905 of 447735.1%★★☆☆☆
202132.73197 of 445128.2%★☆☆☆☆
20197.64272 of 43090.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201815.14104 of 42643.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202657.41695 of 458263.0%★★★☆☆
202540.12270 of 373939.3%★★☆☆☆
202434.93136 of 464732.5%★★☆☆☆
202327.13593 of 458521.6%★☆☆☆☆
202248.22272 of 456350.2%★★★☆☆
202140.82514 of 449844.1%★★☆☆☆
201925.83550 of 435718.5%★☆☆☆☆
201823.63638 of 431915.8%★☆☆☆☆

Migrant

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202374.06 of 4486.4%★★★★☆
202252.018 of 4963.3%★★★☆☆
202145.026 of 5653.6%★★★☆☆
201927.579 of 9315.1%★☆☆☆☆
201830.493 of 11217.0%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20248.14270 of 42920.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202135.52369 of 379937.6%★★☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202643.41841 of 300638.8%★★☆☆☆
202549.91358 of 261248.0%★★☆☆☆
202129.72370 of 308223.1%★☆☆☆☆
201950.61576 of 314249.8%★★☆☆☆
201851.01525 of 312751.2%★★★☆☆
Middle school ranking
Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202638.01460 of 233537.5%★★☆☆☆
202548.81117 of 234452.3%★★★☆☆
202432.51656 of 237230.2%★★☆☆☆
202325.11837 of 233021.2%★☆☆☆☆
202222.41867 of 225417.2%★☆☆☆☆
202131.71534 of 225231.9%★★☆☆☆
201922.11836 of 219316.3%★☆☆☆☆
201826.21649 of 208020.7%★☆☆☆☆
201718.11808 of 202710.8%★☆☆☆☆
201634.91444 of 198727.3%★☆☆☆☆
201514.31865 of 20438.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201420.51718 of 198713.5%★☆☆☆☆
201347.81122 of 197343.1%★★☆☆☆
201268.5531 of 195172.8%★★★★☆
201166.7536 of 189571.7%★★★★☆
201057.5838 of 180353.5%★★★☆☆
200943.81192 of 176332.4%★★☆☆☆
200845.31116 of 171835.0%★★☆☆☆
200737.41230 of 168427.0%★☆☆☆☆
200647.5941 of 158540.6%★★☆☆☆
200543.71016 of 158235.8%★★☆☆☆
200460.1669 of 157357.5%★★★☆☆

At Risk

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202218.12045 of 21826.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202136.01386 of 211834.6%★★☆☆☆
201922.61863 of 20589.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201820.71878 of 20086.5%☆☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202625.11847 of 224017.5%★☆☆☆☆
202536.61182 of 182535.2%★★☆☆☆
202420.91939 of 224213.5%★☆☆☆☆
202317.32002 of 224110.7%★☆☆☆☆
202213.72082 of 22216.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202133.61459 of 215132.2%★★☆☆☆
201921.71760 of 204714.0%★☆☆☆☆
201816.11865 of 20087.1%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202637.31384 of 214135.4%★★☆☆☆
202552.5707 of 173159.2%★★★☆☆
202434.51450 of 211931.6%★★☆☆☆
202326.21698 of 211619.8%★☆☆☆☆
202214.31970 of 20775.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202129.41535 of 204324.9%★☆☆☆☆
201912.31869 of 19353.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201820.71709 of 18959.8%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202642.61276 of 225343.4%★★☆☆☆
202555.9652 of 182064.2%★★★☆☆
202440.21315 of 223541.2%★★☆☆☆
202322.51932 of 225114.2%★☆☆☆☆
202218.82010 of 22209.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202129.91639 of 217224.5%★☆☆☆☆
201916.31951 of 20735.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201820.41848 of 20399.4%☆☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202652.1947 of 225358.0%★★★☆☆
202562.8520 of 181871.4%★★★★☆
202434.01506 of 224632.9%★★☆☆☆
202343.21239 of 224544.8%★★☆☆☆
202237.41405 of 222836.9%★★☆☆☆
202135.21395 of 216835.7%★★☆☆☆
201926.01658 of 206919.9%★☆☆☆☆
201839.81191 of 203041.3%★★☆☆☆

Migrant

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202476.76 of 5889.7%★★★★★
202351.130 of 7660.5%★★★☆☆
202230.762 of 7011.4%★☆☆☆☆
202155.922 of 6867.6%★★★☆☆
201919.2100 of 1087.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201831.6100 of 12520.0%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20247.51880 of 18910.6%☆☆☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202322.51495 of 174914.5%★☆☆☆☆
202233.51245 of 172327.7%★☆☆☆☆
202151.3771 of 170054.6%★★★☆☆
201955.2684 of 168459.4%★★★☆☆
201829.31306 of 167321.9%★☆☆☆☆
High school ranking
Show full rank history (all student groups)

All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202627.01536 of 200923.5%★☆☆☆☆
202521.91569 of 197420.5%★☆☆☆☆
202445.01052 of 199047.1%★★☆☆☆
202338.51208 of 196138.4%★★☆☆☆
202244.51011 of 187646.1%★★☆☆☆
202130.61299 of 186130.2%★★☆☆☆
201946.0967 of 185747.9%★★☆☆☆
201829.81277 of 179728.9%★☆☆☆☆
201723.81381 of 177722.3%★☆☆☆☆
201655.8816 of 176253.7%★★★☆☆
201573.5288 of 174383.5%★★★★☆
201468.4419 of 173475.8%★★★★☆
201367.4426 of 165274.2%★★★★☆
201256.8640 of 160360.1%★★★☆☆
201152.71023 of 167238.8%★★☆☆☆
201057.7817 of 156847.9%★★☆☆☆
200967.4471 of 153969.4%★★★☆☆
200861.7634 of 151058.0%★★★☆☆
200766.2523 of 149765.1%★★★☆☆
200679.4154 of 143089.2%★★★★☆
200578.5167 of 142988.3%★★★★☆
200476.4193 of 142786.5%★★★★☆

At Risk

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202236.21127 of 183738.6%★★☆☆☆
202138.41066 of 182941.7%★★☆☆☆
201955.4576 of 181068.2%★★★☆☆
201827.21436 of 178419.5%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20264.41823 of 19365.8%☆☆☆☆☆
20259.81387 of 15047.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202428.61360 of 188027.7%★☆☆☆☆
202327.21393 of 189126.3%★☆☆☆☆
202243.51020 of 184144.6%★★☆☆☆
202130.71299 of 181528.4%★☆☆☆☆
201938.91178 of 179834.5%★★☆☆☆
201831.71294 of 178127.3%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202620.71545 of 186016.9%★☆☆☆☆
202512.41318 of 14539.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202430.51244 of 180531.1%★★☆☆☆
202338.11116 of 182038.7%★★☆☆☆
202239.21036 of 176241.2%★★☆☆☆
202126.81308 of 174325.0%★☆☆☆☆
201943.7936 of 171445.4%★★☆☆☆
201824.01383 of 169118.2%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202615.41688 of 193712.9%★☆☆☆☆
202516.61329 of 151312.2%★☆☆☆☆
202429.81352 of 188428.2%★☆☆☆☆
202337.61178 of 189737.9%★★☆☆☆
202238.11118 of 184739.5%★★☆☆☆
202130.81332 of 184827.9%★☆☆☆☆
201939.11135 of 181837.6%★★☆☆☆
201833.41263 of 179429.6%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202634.91282 of 195434.4%★★☆☆☆
202535.0928 of 151538.7%★★☆☆☆
202453.7707 of 189162.6%★★★☆☆
202340.21106 of 191342.2%★★☆☆☆
202243.4989 of 185346.6%★★☆☆☆
202131.71260 of 184031.5%★★☆☆☆
201950.6799 of 182456.2%★★★☆☆
201826.71395 of 180322.6%★☆☆☆☆

Migrant

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202544.746 of 8143.2%★★☆☆☆
202450.341 of 9556.8%★★★☆☆
202395.56 of 9393.5%★★★★★
202254.747 of 11458.8%★★★☆☆
202162.428 of 9771.1%★★★★☆
201978.414 of 11387.6%★★★★☆
201852.654 of 13158.8%★★★☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20266.61570 of 15810.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202510.71256 of 12993.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202441.3863 of 154844.3%★★☆☆☆
202354.1496 of 147866.4%★★★☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202546.9671 of 129448.1%★★☆☆☆
202459.8501 of 155667.8%★★★☆☆
202352.1722 of 157654.2%★★★☆☆
202263.7425 of 152572.1%★★★★☆
202144.3862 of 151042.9%★★☆☆☆
201934.41099 of 152628.0%★☆☆☆☆
201844.9875 of 153943.1%★★☆☆☆
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)
Elementary school
Migrant (2023)86th percentile+61 vs school
Male (2026)63rd percentile+27 vs school
White (2026)39th percentile+3 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)37th percentile~ school
Hispanic (2026)33rd percentile-3 vs school
Female (2026)8th percentile-29 vs school
At Risk (2022)3rd percentile-36 vs school
Special Education (2024)1st percentile-36 vs school
Middle school
Migrant (2024)90th percentile+59 vs school
Male (2026)58th percentile+20 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)43rd percentile+6 vs school
Hispanic (2026)35th percentile~ school
Female (2026)18th percentile-20 vs school
White (2023)15th percentile-7 vs school
At Risk (2022)6th percentile-11 vs school
Special Education (2024)1st percentile-30 vs school
High school
White (2025)48th percentile+28 vs school
Migrant (2025)43rd percentile+23 vs school
At Risk (2022)39th percentile-7 vs school
Male (2026)34th percentile+11 vs school
Hispanic (2026)17th percentile-7 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)13th percentile-11 vs school
Female (2026)6th percentile-18 vs school
Special Education (2026)1st percentile-23 vs school
By subject vs Texas (2025-2026) ?
Biology70%~ state avg
English I Reading67%+11 vs state
Reading52%-3 vs state
U.S. History38%-32 vs state
Algebra I36%-18 vs state
Mathematics33%-10 vs state
English II Reading30%-30 vs state
Social Studies17%-15 vs state

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