Texas City High School

Summary:

Texas City High School is a public high school serving 1,718 students in grades 9-12 in the Texas City Independent School District. The school's student population is predominantly Hispanic (50.99%), with significant percentages of White (25.15%) and African American (18.63%) students.

Despite serving a diverse student body, Texas City High School has consistently underperformed compared to the state and its own district on STAAR End-of-Course exams. In the 2023-2024 school year, the school had significantly lower proficiency rates than the state in Algebra I (18.04% vs. 44.73%), English I Reading (37.89% vs. 53.77%), and U.S. History (52.88% vs. 69.10%). The school's four-year graduation rate has also declined, dropping from 87.4% in 2019-2020 to 81.0% in 2022-2023, which is lower than the state and district averages. Additionally, the school's dropout rate has increased from 2.1% in 2019-2020 to 4.8% in 2020-2021, higher than the state and district.

While Texas City High School struggles academically, some nearby schools, such as Clear Falls High School (part of the Clear Creek Independent School District), perform significantly better on state assessments and have much higher graduation rates. Texas City High School's performance has also declined over the past decade, with its statewide ranking dropping from 1,170 out of 1,734 Texas high schools in 2013-2014 to 1,555 out of 1,987 in 2023-2024, indicating a concerning trend of underperformance.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 1431 Ninth Ave N
       Texas City, TX  77591-5498


(409) 916-0800

District: Texas City Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
1555th of 1,987 Texas High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $11,723 Help


Feeder schools for Texas City High School:

Elementary:    Heights Elementary
    Kohfeldt Elementary
    Manuel Guajardo Junior Elementary
    Roosevelt-Wilson Elementary
Middle:    Blocker Middle
    Fry Intermediate

Student/teacher ratio:  14.5 Help
Number of students:  1,718

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
51.0%
White:
25.1%
African American:
18.6%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  72.5% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Texas City High School ranks worse than 78.3% of high schools in Texas. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 23.3. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Texas City 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 Texas City High School has the largest high school student body size in the Texas City Independent School District (Isd). Student population at Texas City High School is diverse. Racial makeup is: Hispanic (51%), White (25.1%), African American (18.6%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 72.5% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Texas City High School is 14.5, which is the highest among 3 high schools in the Texas City Independent School District (Isd)! (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Texas City High School is $11,723, which is the lowest among 3 high schools in the Texas City Independent School District (Isd)!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Texas City High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Texas City High School 1555th of 1987 Texas public high schools. (See Texas City High School in the ranking list.)

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Texas City Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Texas City Independent School District (Isd) 810th of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Texas City High School

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Rank History for all students at Texas City High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 55.25 779th 1427 45.4%
2005 49.29 887th 1429 37.9%
2006 46.86 948th 1430 33.7%
2007 62.54 624th 1497 58.3%
2008 60.26 679th 1510 55.0%
2009 57.19 793rd 1539 48.5%
2010 58.31 805th 1568 48.7%
2011 56.87 905th 1672 45.9%
2012 48.59 865th 1603 46.0%
2013 37.65 1151st 1652 30.3%
2014 39.82 1170th 1734 32.5%
2015 36.66 1250th 1743 28.3%
2016 34.78 1281st 1762 27.3%
2017 32.23 1198th 1777 32.6%
2018 39.60 1057th 1797 41.2%
2019 37.36 1201st 1857 35.3%
2021 35.91 1205th 1861 35.2%
2022 33.20 1275th 1876 32.0%
2023 28.46 1418th 1961 27.7%
2024 23.30 1555th 1987 21.7%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Texas City High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 37.66 375th 582 35.6%
2019 20.19 510th 604 15.6%
2021 25.68 463rd 588 21.3%
2022 35.58 422nd 664 36.4%
2023 22.33 558th 677 17.6%
2024 19.35 621st 730 14.9%
See the entire list of Best Texas High Schools for Multi-racial Students!

Rank History for English Language Learner students at Texas City High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 28.98 833rd 1113 25.2%
2019 19.50 1020th 1136 10.2%
2021 24.03 978th 1195 18.2%
2022 21.60 1067th 1278 16.5%
2023 19.04 1171st 1371 14.6%
2024 19.16 1221st 1435 14.9%
See the entire list of Best Texas High Schools for English Language Learner Students!

Rank History for Special Education students at Texas City High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 50.72 482nd 1347 64.2%
2019 53.71 451st 1357 66.8%
2021 33.82 930th 1382 32.7%
2022 29.88 1049th 1418 26.0%
2023 34.52 954th 1478 35.5%
2024 50.36 622nd 1547 59.8%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Texas City High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 39.24 1091st 1794 39.2%
2019 37.50 1177th 1818 35.3%
2021 37.43 1178th 1848 36.3%
2022 33.61 1243rd 1847 32.7%
2023 28.14 1420th 1897 25.1%
2024 24.62 1481st 1883 21.3%
See the entire list of Best Texas High Schools for Low Socio Economic Status Students!

Rank History for Female students at Texas City High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 45.77 961st 1781 46.0%
2019 37.23 1213th 1798 32.5%
2021 35.92 1188th 1815 34.5%
2022 29.67 1320th 1841 28.3%
2023 25.37 1429th 1891 24.4%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Texas City High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 61.61 544th 1137 52.2%
2019 60.24 580th 1145 49.3%
2021 59.28 642nd 1177 45.5%
2022 67.41 416th 1172 64.5%
2023 59.24 656th 1182 44.5%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Texas City High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 41.68 931st 1784 47.8%
2019 34.66 1217th 1810 32.8%
2021 40.28 1012th 1829 44.7%
2022 29.43 1312th 1837 28.6%
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Rank History for Male students at Texas City High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.41 1247th 1803 30.8%
2019 34.76 1204th 1824 34.0%
2021 33.61 1221st 1840 33.6%
2022 33.47 1219th 1853 34.2%
2023 28.21 1378th 1913 28.0%
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Rank History for African American students at Texas City High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 35.69 619th 1013 38.9%
2019 30.92 684th 1024 33.2%
2021 36.14 607th 1020 40.5%
2022 29.41 706th 1031 31.5%
2023 20.74 858th 1069 19.7%
2024 20.45 870th 1065 18.3%
See the entire list of Best Texas High Schools for African American Students!

Rank History for Hispanic students at Texas City High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 41.72 939th 1691 44.5%
2019 40.18 1030th 1714 39.9%
2021 38.83 1052nd 1743 39.6%
2022 35.02 1128th 1762 36.0%
2023 35.38 1167th 1820 35.9%
2024 29.54 1267th 1804 29.8%
See the entire list of Best Texas High Schools for Hispanic Students!

Rank History for White students at Texas City High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 42.04 943rd 1539 38.7%
2019 40.44 970th 1526 36.4%
2021 32.18 1101st 1510 27.1%
2022 31.91 1117th 1525 26.8%
2023 22.60 1282nd 1576 18.7%
2024 14.63 1382nd 1556 11.2%
See the entire list of Best Texas High Schools for White Students!

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.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: Texas Education Agency

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by a parent
Monday, August 10, 2015

Open Quote This is a brand new school building with a wonderful campus! My granddaughter just graduated from here with honors and took many dual credit classes with the local college. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Texas City High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1988 1085 237 36 292 1 n/a n/a 0 1651
1989 1038 233 29 305 1 n/a n/a 0 1606
1990 1002 238 36 332 0 n/a n/a 0 1608
1991 915 231 33 340 0 n/a n/a 0 1519
1992 958 228 28 358 0 n/a n/a 0 1572
1993 944 247 27 388 2 n/a n/a 0 1608
1994 968 262 24 374 0 n/a n/a 0 1628
1995 936 238 23 339 5 n/a n/a 0 1541
1996 936 238 23 339 5 n/a n/a 0 1541
1997 953 228 21 358 4 n/a n/a 0 1564
1998 950 239 16 390 5 n/a n/a 0 1600
1999 886 245 16 418 1 n/a n/a 0 1566
2000 876 265 16 424 0 n/a n/a 0 1581
2001 845 279 16 419 3 n/a n/a 0 1562
2002 839 278 13 419 4 n/a n/a 0 1553
2003 839 278 13 419 4 n/a n/a 0 1553
2004 805 282 15 400 4 n/a n/a 0 1506
2005 821 295 14 414 3 n/a n/a 0 1547
2006 835 339 10 492 4 n/a n/a 0 1680
2007 801 359 11 541 4 n/a n/a 0 1716
2008 805 342 10 578 7 n/a n/a 0 1742
2009 756 353 7 574 5 n/a n/a 0 1695
2010 689 334 8 577 13 n/a n/a 0 1621
2011 606 344 5 619 6 1 16 0 1597
2012 624 347 6 644 15 2 10 0 1648
2013 637 358 6 651 15 3 8 0 1678
2014 648 365 11 718 18 6 0 0 1766
2015 673 400 10 749 20 7 9 0 1868
2016 656 443 9 762 18 7 19 0 1914
2017 634 416 11 782 19 9 22 0 1893
2018 613 445 9 778 15 8 25 0 1893
2019 602 425 8 801 17 5 29 0 1887
2020 551 397 13 776 27 3 24 0 1791
2021 522 374 10 822 17 2 35 0 1782
2022 437 327 8 885 3 0 69 0 1729
2023 432 320 6 876 4 0 80 0 1718

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

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

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 Texas City High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1651 118.0 13.9 n/a
1989 1606 n/a n/a n/a
1990 1608 109.0 14.7 n/a
1991 1519 109.1 13.9 n/a
1992 1572 109.3 14.3 12.1
1993 1608 109.0 14.8 20.8
1994 1628 110.9 14.7 22.2
1995 1541 114.9 13.4 5.5
1996 1541 114.9 13.4 5.5
1997 1564 110.7 14.1 20.9
1998 1600 114.7 13.9 21.6
1999 1566 110.2 14.2 27.6
2000 1581 109.0 14.5 28.7
2001 1562 108.2 14.4 28
2002 1553 94.5 16.4 33.4
2003 1553 94.5 16.4 33.4
2004 1506 95.5 15.8 37.6
2005 1547 93.2 16.6 40.4
2006 1680 98.5 17.1 42.7
2007 1716 99.7 17.2 44.2
2008 1742 106.1 16.4 45.6
2009 1695 107.9 15.7 52.5
2010 1621 107.0 15.1 49.3
2011 1597 103.7 15.3 55.9
2012 1648 101.2 16.2 53.4
2013 1678 102.2 16.4 54.9
2014 1766 103.5 17.0 57.1
2015 1868 109.0 17.1 54.6
2016 1914 113.0 16.9 59.5
2017 1893 116.0 16.3 58.5
2018 1893 119.4 15.8 56.7
2019 1887 111.9 16.8 60.8
2020 1791 116.5 15.3 64.7
2021 1782 113.7 15.6 77.9
2022 1729 113.7 15.1 72.7
2023 1718 117.7 14.5 72.5

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 Texas City High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1988 1651 118.0 13.9 n/a
1989 1606 n/a n/a n/a
1990 1608 109.0 14.7 n/a
1991 1519 109.1 13.9 n/a
1992 1572 109.3 14.3 12.1
1993 1608 109.0 14.8 20.8
1994 1628 110.9 14.7 22.2
1995 1541 114.9 13.4 5.5
1996 1541 114.9 13.4 5.5
1997 1564 110.7 14.1 20.9
1998 1600 114.7 13.9 21.6
1999 1566 110.2 14.2 27.6
2000 1581 109.0 14.5 28.7
2001 1562 108.2 14.4 28
2002 1553 94.5 16.4 33.4
2003 1553 94.5 16.4 33.4
2004 1506 95.5 15.8 37.6
2005 1547 93.2 16.6 40.4
2006 1680 98.5 17.1 42.7
2007 1716 99.7 17.2 44.2
2008 1742 106.1 16.4 45.6
2009 1695 107.9 15.7 52.5
2010 1621 107.0 15.1 49.3
2011 1597 103.7 15.3 55.9
2012 1648 101.2 16.2 53.4
2013 1678 102.2 16.4 54.9
2014 1766 103.5 17.0 57.1
2015 1868 109.0 17.1 54.6
2016 1914 113.0 16.9 59.5
2017 1893 116.0 16.3 58.5
2018 1893 119.4 15.8 56.7
2019 1887 111.9 16.8 60.8
2020 1791 116.5 15.3 64.7
2021 1782 113.7 15.6 77.9
2022 1729 113.7 15.1 72.7
2023 1718 117.7 14.5 72.5

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 Texas City High School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $1,205 (11.0%) $9,737 (89.0%) $10,942
2020 $949 (8.3%) $10,519 (91.7%) $11,467
2021 $1,143 (9.8%) $10,580 (90.2%) $11,723

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Texas City High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1201st of 1857 High schoolsRanks 1418th of 1961 High schools
 7.6%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
End of Course Algebra I (Texas City High School)4228
 14%
   End of Course Algebra I (Texas City Independent School District (Isd))4431
 13%
   End of Course Algebra I (Texas)6245
 17%
End of Course Biology (Texas City High School)6340
 23%
   End of Course Biology (Texas City Independent School District (Isd))5137
 14%
   End of Course Biology (Texas)6357
 6%
End of Course English I Reading (Texas City High School)4043
 3%
   End of Course English I Reading (Texas City Independent School District (Isd))3437
 3%
   End of Course English I Reading (Texas)4954
 5%
End of Course English II Reading (Texas City High School)4145
 4%
   End of Course English II Reading (Texas City Independent School District (Isd))3640
 4%
   End of Course English II Reading (Texas)5156
 5%
End of Course U.S. History (Texas City High School)6359
 4%
   End of Course U.S. History (Texas City Independent School District (Isd))5654
 2%
   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 Students18871718
 9%
African American425320
 24.7%
American Indian174
 76.5%
Asian86
 25%
Hispanic801876
 9.4%
Pacific Islander50
 100%
White602432
 28.2%
Two or More Races2980
 175.9%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients60.8%72.5%
 11.6%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Texas City High School

Texas City High School ranks in the bottom 21.7% of Texas high schools.

Students at Texas City High School are 51% Hispanic, 25% White, 19% African American, 5% Two or more races.

Texas City High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Heights Elementary
Elementary : Kohfeldt Elementary
Elementary : Manuel Guajardo Junior Elementary
Elementary : Roosevelt-Wilson Elementary
Middle : Blocker Middle
Middle : Fry Intermediate

In the 2022-23 school year, 1,718 students attended Texas City High School.


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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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