Summary:
Zip code 76561 is served by a single, small rural school, Oglesby School, which operates as a comprehensive PK-12 campus under the Oglesby Independent School District (Isd) and enrolls 237 students.
Oglesby School presents a fascinating "two-schools-in-one" dynamic. The elementary and middle school grades (3rd-8th) consistently underperform the state average, particularly in Mathematics where proficiency rates often fall to half the state level. For example, 7th-grade Math proficiency was just 21.74% in the most recent year. However, the high school tells a different story. The school boasts a perfect 100% graduation rate and a 0% dropout rate, and its English I and II End-of-Course (EOC) exams significantly outperform the state average by over 14 percentage points, placing the school in the top quartile statewide. This suggests a potential academic turnaround or a highly effective English department in the upper grades.
Mathematics is a clear area of concern across almost all grade levels, with no grade from 3rd to 8th reaching the state average and the Algebra I EOC score at 37.5%. The school benefits from a very low student-teacher ratio of 10.9:1, which likely supports personalized instruction and contributes to the perfect graduation rate. However, this advantage has not yet translated into higher elementary and middle school math scores, indicating a need for targeted math interventions. With only 237 students, year-over-year performance can be highly volatile—for instance, 3rd-grade Math dropped from 52.63% to 25% in one year—making it difficult to identify long-term trends but highlighting the impact of small cohort sizes on the data.
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