Summary:
Zip code 77830 is home to a single high school, Anderson-Shiro Junior/Senior High School, which serves grades 6 through 12 with a total enrollment of 521 students and is part of the highly-rated Anderson-Shiro Consolidated Independent School District (ranked 137th out of 951 districts in Texas). This school stands out for its exceptional graduation and dropout rates—a perfect 100% graduation rate and a 0% dropout rate for the 2023-2024 school year—demonstrating a highly effective system for keeping students on track through to graduation. With a low student-teacher ratio of 12.6:1 and 35.12% of students economically disadvantaged, the school achieves remarkable consistency in student support.
Academically, the school shows a tale of two subjects: it consistently outperforms the state average in Reading and Mathematics across 6th, 7th, and 8th grades, with 6th-grade Math proficiency at 76.54% versus the state's 38.57% in the 2025-2026 school year. However, it significantly underperforms in 8th Grade Social Studies, where only 17.07% of students were proficient compared to the state average of 31.69%. Performance on high-stakes End-of-Course (EOC) exams is mixed: the school excels in Biology (78.48% vs. 70.51% state) and U.S. History (83.93% vs. 70.17% state), but struggles in Algebra I (41.56% vs. 54.03% state) and English II Reading (57.58% vs. 59.88% state). This inconsistency suggests that while the middle school curriculum is strong, the transition to high school-level math and advanced English may need attention.
Despite strong test scores in many areas, the school's state ranking has declined over the past three years, dropping from the 78th percentile (2023-2024) to the 65th percentile (2025-2026), indicating that other schools across Texas are improving at a faster rate. The school's spending per student is $11,780 (2020-2021), and its district ranking (86th percentile) and 4-star rating place it among top-performing districts in Texas. For parents, this school offers a supportive environment with small class sizes and a strong track record of graduating students, though it faces challenges in specific subjects like Social Studies and Algebra I that may require additional focus.
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