Summary:
In zip code 75452, there is a single high school, Leonard High School, which serves grades 9 through 12 in the small, rural community of Leonard, Texas, as part of the Leonard Independent School District (Isd).
Leonard High School is a small school with 269 students and a low student-teacher ratio of 11.2:1, which allows for more personalized attention. The school boasts a perfect 100% graduation rate and a very low dropout rate of 0.7%, indicating it is highly effective at keeping students on track to graduate. However, academic proficiency is inconsistent. The school shows relative strength in Biology and English I Reading, with scores near or above state averages, but struggles significantly in Algebra I and U.S. History, where proficiency rates often fall 20-30 percentage points below the state average. For instance, in the 2025-2026 school year, only 24.24% of students were proficient in Algebra I compared to the state average of 54.03%.
The school's performance is also notably volatile, with large year-over-year swings in test scores and a state ranking that dropped from the 59th percentile to the 38th percentile between 2024-2025 and 2025-2026. Over half of the students (52.42%) are economically disadvantaged, and while the school has the structural advantage of small class sizes, it faces clear challenges in math and history instruction. This creates a "graduation vs. proficiency" paradox: the school excels at ensuring students graduate, but the level of academic mastery in core subjects, particularly math, may not fully prepare all students for college or careers.
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