Summary:
Zip code 77611 is served by a single public high school, Bridge City High School, which educates 891 students in grades 9-12 as part of the Bridge City Independent School District (Isd).
Bridge City High School has maintained a consistent 3-star rating from Schooldigger over the past three years, placing it in the middle-to-upper half of Texas high schools. The school’s most impressive metric is its near-perfect 99.0% graduation rate and an extremely low 0.2% dropout rate for the 2023-2024 school year. However, test score proficiency reveals a mixed picture. The school outperforms the state average in Biology (76.5% vs. 70.5%) and English I Reading (60.1% vs. 55.4%), but falls below state averages in Algebra I (47.7% vs. 54.0%), English II Reading (57.4% vs. 59.9%), and U.S. History (63.5% vs. 70.2%). This creates a notable "graduation vs. readiness" paradox: while nearly all students graduate, less than half demonstrate proficiency in key math skills.
Test scores also show significant year-over-year volatility. For example, Algebra I proficiency jumped from 34.4% to 47.7% between the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 school years, while English II Reading dropped from 64.8% to 57.4% over the same period. An interesting data point is that the school’s Algebra I score (47.7%) differs from the district’s score (57.4%), which may be because the district figure includes 8th-grade students taking the Algebra I exam. With a student-teacher ratio of 14:1 and per-student spending of $9,874, the school provides a solid foundation, though parents should be aware of the specific academic areas where the school excels and where it needs improvement.
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