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Pearsall High School

Public Grades 9-12

1663^rd

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,974 Texas High Schools

Better than 16% of Texas high schools

Summary

Pearsall High School is a public high school serving grades 9-12 in Pearsall, Texas, with a total enrollment of 592 students. The school is part of the Pearsall Independent School District, which is ranked 895 out of 961 districts in Texas and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Pearsall High School has consistently ranked in the bottom 20% of Texas high schools over the past 10 years, with a 1-star rating from SchoolDigger. The school's performance is particularly low for Hispanic students, English Language Learners, and students from low socioeconomic backgrounds, with most student groups ranking in the bottom 20-30% of Texas high schools. Academically, Pearsall High School's proficiency rates on STAAR EOC exams are significantly below the state average across all subject areas, ranging from 29.59% in English I Reading to 44.06% in U.S. History, compared to the state averages of 51.26% and 67.94%, respectively.

In comparison, the nearby Devine High School and Dilley High School, while also serving predominantly economically disadvantaged student populations, perform significantly better than Pearsall High School on various metrics. Devine High School, for example, has a higher statewide ranking, better academic achievement, and higher graduation rates compared to Pearsall High School. This suggests that the Pearsall Independent School District may need to implement strategic initiatives to improve the educational experiences and outcomes for all students at Pearsall High School.

572

Students ?

15.7

Student/teacher ratio ?

$8,894

Per pupil spending ?

86%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1990 Maverick Dr
Pearsall, TX 78061

(830) 334-8011

District: Pearsall Independent School District (Isd)

Feeder schools for Pearsall High School:

Elementary:	Pearsall Intermediate
	Ted Flores Elementary
Middle:	Pearsall J H

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:

94.2%

White:

5.1%

African American:

0.3%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 23rd percentile in 2015 → 16th in 2025

Strengths

✓96% graduate within 4 years

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Texas average (34% vs 56% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (16th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 7 percentile points since 2015

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school34%

District avg34%

Texas avg56%

1,663^rd of 1,974

Texas public high schools ?

Bottom 16%▼ down 7 pts since 2015

From bottom 23% (2015) to bottom 16% (2025)

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SchoolDigger rating ?

895^th of 961Pearsall 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)

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All Students

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	17.2	1663 of 1974	15.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.9	1687 of 1990	15.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.4	1617 of 1961	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	21.9	1507 of 1876	19.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	17.5	1563 of 1861	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	25.2	1430 of 1857	23.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	18.5	1498 of 1797	16.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	17.6	1486 of 1777	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	30.5	1350 of 1762	23.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	31.0	1347 of 1743	22.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	22.3	1458 of 1734	15.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	17.5	1453 of 1652	12.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	35.4	1383 of 1672	17.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	44.7	1145 of 1568	27.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	46.4	1063 of 1539	30.9%	★★☆☆☆
2008	35.2	1192 of 1510	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	27.0	1257 of 1497	16.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	18.8	1271 of 1430	11.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	25.5	1215 of 1429	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2004	30.0	1191 of 1427	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆

At Risk

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2022	16.2	1673 of 1837	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	18.8	1603 of 1829	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.7	1533 of 1810	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	25.8	1465 of 1784	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2024	17.9	1254 of 1437	12.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	23.9	1061 of 1371	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.7	1080 of 1278	15.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	23.9	981 of 1195	17.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	35.5	681 of 1136	40.1%	★★☆☆☆
2018	25.4	917 of 1113	17.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2024	12.0	1681 of 1880	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	17.4	1580 of 1891	16.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.7	1454 of 1841	21.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	16.8	1538 of 1815	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.6	1470 of 1798	18.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	19.0	1529 of 1781	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2022	19.8	1048 of 1172	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	48.6	812 of 1177	31.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	70.7	238 of 1145	79.2%	★★★★☆
2018	50.5	759 of 1137	33.2%	★★☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2024	16.5	1570 of 1805	13.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	21.1	1479 of 1820	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.9	1409 of 1762	20.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	19.2	1460 of 1743	16.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	27.3	1345 of 1714	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	20.9	1445 of 1691	14.5%	★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2024	15.0	1681 of 1884	10.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.2	1645 of 1897	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	22.4	1501 of 1847	18.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	17.8	1588 of 1848	14.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	26.6	1470 of 1818	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	19.6	1562 of 1794	12.9%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2024	15.4	1615 of 1891	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.8	1568 of 1913	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.8	1519 of 1853	18.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	17.0	1558 of 1840	15.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	24.6	1432 of 1824	21.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	16.9	1579 of 1803	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Migrant

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2024	27.9	75 of 95	21.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	23.0	99 of 113	12.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	23.7	105 of 131	19.8%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2024	44.4	783 of 1548	49.4%	★★☆☆☆
2023	27.7	1146 of 1478	22.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	23.3	1232 of 1418	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	33.2	953 of 1382	31.0%	★★☆☆☆
2019	41.6	714 of 1357	47.4%	★★☆☆☆
2018	31.4	952 of 1347	29.3%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2024	14.0	1394 of 1556	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.4	1360 of 1576	13.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	67.2	355 of 1525	76.7%	★★★★☆
2021	33.4	1079 of 1510	28.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	50.1	743 of 1526	51.3%	★★★☆☆
2018	63.8	439 of 1539	71.5%	★★★★☆

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 (2024)49th percentile+34 vs school

Migrant (2024)21st percentile+6 vs school

Male (2024)15th percentile~ school

Hispanic (2024)13th percentile~ school

English Language Learner (2024)13th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2024)11th percentile-4 vs school

Female (2024)11th percentile-5 vs school

Gifted and Talented (2022)11th percentile-9 vs school

White (2024)10th percentile-5 vs school

At Risk (2022)9th percentile-11 vs school

By subject vs Texas (2024-2025) ?

U.S. History44%-24 vs state

Biology33%-29 vs state

English II Reading32%-24 vs state

Algebra I31%-16 vs state

English I Reading30%-22 vs state

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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)	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	Total
Pearsall High School	Public	9-12	1990 Maverick Dr	Pearsall	78061	Frio County	Pearsall Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(830) 334-8011	572	36	15.7	86.0%	29 (5.1%)	2 (0.3%)	539 (94.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	17.2	1663^rd of 1974 public high schools	15.8%		15.9	1687^th of 1990 public high schools	15.2%	24	31.4	33.2	29.6	31.8	44.1	$8,894
Dilley High School	Public	9-12	#1 Grey Wolf Dr	Dilley	78017	Frio County	Dilley Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(830) 965-1814	258	27	9.5	72.5%	15 (5.8%)	1 (0.4%)	242 (93.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	14.5	1704^th of 1974 public high schools	13.7%		12.6	1741^st of 1990 public high schools	12.5%	37	8.5	30.7	31.9	36.6	37.5	$14,819
Devine Learning Academy	Public	9-12	205 W College	Devine	78016	Medina County	Devine Independent School District (Isd)	No	(n/a)	(n/a)	(n/a)	(830) 851-0711	26			42.3%	7 (26.9%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (69.2%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (3.8%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	2.8	1926^th of 1974 public high schools	2.4%		3.5	1919^th of 1990 public high schools	3.6%	7	0.0		0.0	0.0	30.8	$2,020
Devine Daep School	Public	8-12	205 W College	Devine	78016	Medina County	Devine Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(830) 851-0795	8	1	8.0		2 (25.0%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (75.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)								(n/a)						$39,266
Devine High School	Public	9-12	1225 W Hondo	Devine	78016	Medina County	Devine Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(830) 851-0895	551	42	13.2	46.6%	163 (29.6%)	2 (0.4%)	374 (67.9%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	10 (1.8%)	50.9	885^th of 1974 public high schools	55.2%		45.6	1041^st of 1990 public high schools	47.7%	156	45.9	63.4	50.9	51.6	73.2	$8,567

Frequently Asked Questions about Pearsall High School

What district is Pearsall High School in?

Pearsall Independent School District (Isd)

Is Pearsall High School a good school?

Pearsall High School ranks in the bottom 15.8% of Texas high schools.

How many students attend Pearsall High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 572 students attended Pearsall High School.

What schools feed into Pearsall High School?

Pearsall High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Pearsall Intermediate
Elementary : Ted Flores Elementary
Middle : Pearsall J H

What is the racial makeup of Pearsall High School?

Students at Pearsall High School are 94% Hispanic, 5% White.

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