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West Orange-Stark High School

Public Grades 9-12

1685^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 1,974 Texas High Schools

Better than 15% of Texas high schools

Summary

West Orange-Stark High School is a public high school located in Orange, Texas, serving grades 9-12 with a total enrollment of 654 students. The school is part of the West Orange-Cove Consolidated Independent School District, which is ranked 914 out of 961 districts in Texas and has a 0-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Over the past 10 years, West Orange-Stark High School has consistently ranked in the bottom 20% of Texas high schools, with its highest ranking being 1289 out of 1743 schools in the 2014-2015 school year. The school's four-year graduation rate has ranged from 82.7% to 88.0% over the past few years, which is lower than the state average and the graduation rates of nearby schools like Vidor High School (88.8%), Port Neches-Groves High School (95.7%), and Bridge City High School (97.3%). Additionally, the school has had dropout rates ranging from 1.8% to 3.3% over the past few years, which are higher than the dropout rates of the nearby schools mentioned.

The school's performance on STAAR End-of-Course (EOC) exams is significantly below the state and district averages across all subject areas, including Algebra I, Biology, English I and II Reading, and U.S. History. This indicates that students at West Orange-Stark High School are struggling academically compared to their peers in the region. Additionally, the school has a very high percentage of students from low-income families, with 87.77% to 88.33% of students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch over the past few years, which is significantly higher than the nearby schools.

659

Students ?

11.2

Student/teacher ratio ?

$10,605

Per pupil spending ?

87.3%

Free/discounted lunch ?

1400 Newton St
Orange, TX 77631-1107

(409) 882-5570

District: West Orange-Cove Consolidated Independent School District

Feeder schools for West Orange-Stark High School:

Elementary:	West Orange-Stark Elementary
Middle:	West Orange-Stark Middle

Racial breakdown:

African American:

55.7%

Hispanic:

25.5%

White:

12.1%

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At a glance

▼ Ranking trend: Declining — 26th percentile in 2015 → 15th in 2025

Strengths

✓Small classes — about 11 students per teacher

Worth a look

!Test scores below the Texas average (31% vs 56% meeting standards)

!In the lower quartile statewide (15th percentile)

!Ranking has slipped — down 11 percentile points since 2015

Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?

This school31%

District avg32%

Texas avg56%

1,685^th of 1,974

Texas public high schools ?

Bottom 15%▼ down 11 pts since 2015

From bottom 26% (2015) to bottom 15% (2025)

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

914^th of 961West Orange-Cove Consolidated Independent School District 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	15.6	1685 of 1974	14.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	12.7	1740 of 1990	12.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	13.3	1698 of 1961	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	12.2	1669 of 1876	11.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	18.3	1551 of 1861	16.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	11.6	1647 of 1857	11.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	13.7	1552 of 1797	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2017	16.7	1499 of 1777	15.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2016	17.4	1527 of 1762	13.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2015	34.4	1289 of 1743	26.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2014	29.7	1349 of 1734	22.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2013	19.5	1431 of 1652	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2012	20.0	1402 of 1603	12.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2011	35.6	1380 of 1672	17.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2010	24.3	1405 of 1568	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2009	33.1	1257 of 1539	18.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2008	33.8	1214 of 1510	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2007	35.8	1146 of 1497	23.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2006	36.6	1080 of 1430	24.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2005	48.1	916 of 1429	35.9%	★★☆☆☆
2004	53.1	826 of 1427	42.1%	★★☆☆☆

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	20.8	675 of 834	19.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.3	938 of 1065	11.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	16.8	921 of 1069	13.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	17.2	891 of 1031	13.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	23.2	797 of 1020	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	17.1	882 of 1024	13.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	19.5	841 of 1013	17.0%	★☆☆☆☆

At Risk

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2022	12.9	1722 of 1837	6.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	20.7	1560 of 1829	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	14.6	1685 of 1810	6.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	19.0	1612 of 1784	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	13.1	1054 of 1153	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	11.7	1335 of 1437	7.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	7.0	1353 of 1371	1.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2022	7.6	1273 of 1278	0.4%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	24.1	975 of 1195	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	18.9	1043 of 1136	8.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	16.0	1106 of 1113	0.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	12.8	1344 of 1504	10.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	10.9	1702 of 1880	9.5%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	10.9	1669 of 1891	11.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	16.0	1565 of 1841	15.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	20.0	1486 of 1815	18.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	7.9	1669 of 1798	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	12.9	1601 of 1781	10.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	28.3	805 of 964	16.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	18.9	1062 of 1182	10.2%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	29.1	997 of 1172	14.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	42.3	887 of 1177	24.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	35.2	949 of 1145	17.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	6.2	1097 of 1137	3.5%	☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	15.4	1287 of 1453	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	15.3	1598 of 1805	11.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	22.7	1445 of 1820	20.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	30.2	1241 of 1762	29.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	32.5	1200 of 1743	31.2%	★★☆☆☆
2019	13.3	1550 of 1714	9.6%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	11.7	1545 of 1691	8.6%	☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	16.1	1340 of 1513	11.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	12.6	1717 of 1884	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	15.5	1655 of 1897	12.8%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	12.9	1676 of 1847	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	23.4	1486 of 1848	19.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	13.6	1652 of 1818	9.1%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	17.5	1586 of 1794	11.6%	★☆☆☆☆

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	11.5	1376 of 1515	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	9.2	1746 of 1891	7.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	14.0	1663 of 1913	13.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	8.4	1720 of 1853	7.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	15.6	1582 of 1840	14.0%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	13.3	1636 of 1824	10.3%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	13.6	1615 of 1803	10.4%	★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	13.2	545 of 598	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	26.6	571 of 731	21.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2023	30.7	487 of 677	28.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	20.8	542 of 664	18.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2021	27.8	446 of 588	24.1%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	18.3	523 of 604	13.4%	★☆☆☆☆
2018	49.7	279 of 582	52.1%	★★★☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	28.1	1005 of 1299	22.6%	★☆☆☆☆
2024	93.2	49 of 1548	96.8%	★★★★★
2023	21.2	1323 of 1478	10.5%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	19.5	1307 of 1418	7.8%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	25.5	1149 of 1382	16.9%	★☆☆☆☆
2019	17.7	1293 of 1357	4.7%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	27.7	1051 of 1347	22.0%	★☆☆☆☆

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	10.4	1179 of 1294	8.9%	☆☆☆☆☆
2024	5.8	1475 of 1556	5.2%	☆☆☆☆☆
2023	17.6	1345 of 1576	14.7%	★☆☆☆☆
2022	9.2	1414 of 1525	7.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2021	12.1	1369 of 1510	9.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2019	12.6	1400 of 1526	8.3%	☆☆☆☆☆
2018	12.1	1398 of 1539	9.2%	☆☆☆☆☆

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 (2025)23rd percentile+8 vs school

African American (2025)19th percentile+4 vs school

Gifted and Talented (2025)16th percentile~ school

Low Socio Economic Status (2025)11th percentile-3 vs school

Hispanic (2025)11th percentile-3 vs school

Female (2025)11th percentile-4 vs school

Male (2025)9th percentile-5 vs school

White (2025)9th percentile-6 vs school

Multi-racial (2025)9th percentile-6 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)9th percentile-6 vs school

At Risk (2022)6th percentile-5 vs school

By subject vs Texas (2024-2025) ?

Algebra I35%-12 vs state

English II Reading33%-24 vs state

Biology32%-30 vs state

U.S. History31%-37 vs state

English I Reading27%-25 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)	STAAR Reading (2025)			STAAR Mathematics (2025)			STAAR Science (2025)	STAAR Social Studies (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	STAAR Reading 6th Grade	STAAR Reading 7th Grade	STAAR Reading 8th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 6th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 7th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 8th Grade	STAAR Science 8th Grade	STAAR Social Studies 8th Grade	Total
West Orange-Stark High School	Public	9-12	1400 Newton St	Orange	77631	Orange County	West Orange-Cove Consolidated Independent School District	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(409) 882-5570	659	59	11.2	87.3%	80 (12.1%)	367 (55.7%)	168 (25.5%)	5 (0.8%)	0 (0.0%)	3 (0.5%)	36 (5.5%)	15.6	1685^th of 1974 public high schools	14.6%		12.7	1740^th of 1990 public high schools	12.6%	55	34.7	32.5	26.7	32.6	30.6									$10,605
Bridge City High School	Public	9-12	2690 Texas Ave	Bridge City	77611	Orange County	Bridge City Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(409) 735-1600	891	64	14.0	31.6%	641 (71.9%)	14 (1.6%)	190 (21.3%)	20 (2.2%)	1 (0.1%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (2.8%)	47.3	979^th of 1974 public high schools	50.4%		54.8	822^nd of 1990 public high schools	58.7%	157	34.4	63.5	51.8	64.8	53.6									$9,196
Orangefield High School	Public	9-12	10058 Fm 105	Orangefield	77639	Orange County	Orangefield Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(409) 735-3851	563	47	11.9	28.8%	460 (81.7%)	7 (1.2%)	71 (12.6%)	8 (1.4%)	1 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	16 (2.8%)	66.9	498^th of 1974 public high schools	74.8%		65.4	551^st of 1990 public high schools	72.3%	53	37.5	78.7	63.9	69.6	83.1									$11,839
Lit Cypr-Mrceville High School	Public	9-12	7327 N Hwy 87	Orange	77632	Orange County	Little Cypress-Mauriceville Consolidated Independent School	No	No	(n/a)	No	(409) 886-5821	1,001	74	13.5	51.0%	728 (72.7%)	74 (7.4%)	138 (13.8%)	16 (1.6%)	5 (0.5%)	2 (0.2%)	38 (3.8%)	42.9	1091^st of 1974 public high schools	44.7%		42.4	1121^st of 1990 public high schools	43.7%	30	20.9	53.6	53.7	58.9	60.1									$10,164
Port Neches-Groves High School	Public	9-12	1401 Merriman St	Port Neches	77651	Jefferson County	Port Neches-Groves Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(409) 729-7644	1,720	116	14.7	37.4%	927 (53.9%)	80 (4.7%)	552 (32.1%)	105 (6.1%)	3 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	53 (3.1%)	51.6	872^nd of 1974 public high schools	55.8%		48	984^th of 1990 public high schools	50.6%	112	32.2	59.3	57.8	58.0	73.7									$8,683
Deweyville High School	Public	6-12	171 Hwy 12 W	Orange	77632	Newton County	Deweyville Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(409) 746-2685	294	32	9.2	52.0%	259 (88.1%)	3 (1.0%)	22 (7.5%)	0 (0.0%)	4 (1.4%)	0 (0.0%)	6 (2.0%)	34.1	1291^st of 1974 public high schools	34.6%		44.6	1060^th of 1990 public high schools	46.7%	231	28.6	48.8	56.4	54.4	41.9	50.0	46.2	60.0	3.6	17.5	26.9	24.4	11.1	$13,918
Bob Hope High School	Public, Charter	9-12	4545 Hwy 73	Port Arthur	77642	Jefferson County	Bob Hope School	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(409) 983-3244	555	30	18.6	92.1%	3 (0.5%)	28 (5.0%)	520 (93.7%)	3 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	77	271^st of 1974 public high schools	86.3%		69.8	432^nd of 1990 public high schools	78.3%	161	0.0	75.7	75.5	76.6	75.2									$9,662
Vidor High School	Public	9-12	500 Orange St	Vidor	77662	Orange County	Vidor Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(409) 951-8900	1,175	84	13.9	47.1%	1,003 (85.4%)	4 (0.3%)	139 (11.8%)	8 (0.7%)	2 (0.2%)	0 (0.0%)	19 (1.6%)	53.8	806^th of 1974 public high schools	59.2%		53.1	863^rd of 1990 public high schools	56.6%	57	62.8	66.4	51.3	49.8	68.3									$10,099
Alternative Education School	Public	6-12	300 S 12th St	Nederland	77627	Jefferson County	Nederland Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	No	(409) 727-5241	0	2	.0		0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()	0 ()								(n/a)
Memorial High School	Public	9-12	3501 Ssgt Lucian Adam Dr	Port Arthur	77642	Jefferson County	Port Arthur Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(409) 984-4000	2,140	164	13.0	80.7%	40 (1.9%)	914 (42.7%)	1,086 (50.7%)	55 (2.6%)	27 (1.3%)	0 (0.0%)	18 (0.8%)	18.8	1639^th of 1974 public high schools	17.0%		17.8	1654^th of 1990 public high schools	16.9%	15	21.3	38.2	31.6	35.4	47.0									$11,264

Frequently Asked Questions about West Orange-Stark High School

What is the racial makeup of West Orange-Stark High School?

Students at West Orange-Stark High School are 56% African American, 25% Hispanic, 12% White, 5% Two or more races.

Is West Orange-Stark High School a good school?

West Orange-Stark High School ranks in the bottom 14.6% of Texas high schools.

What district is West Orange-Stark High School in?

West Orange-Cove Consolidated Independent School District

How many students attend West Orange-Stark High School?

In the 2024-25 school year, 659 students attended West Orange-Stark High School.

What schools feed into West Orange-Stark High School?

West Orange-Stark High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : West Orange-Stark Elementary
Middle : West Orange-Stark Middle

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