Summary:
In zip code 78003, there is one high school, Bandera High School, which serves grades 9 through 12 in the Bandera area and is part of the Bandera Independent School District (Isd).
Bandera High School has a total enrollment of 664 students and maintains a consistent mid-tier ranking, hovering between the 47th and 51st percentile among Texas high schools over the last three years. The school shows a clear split in academic performance: it performs at or above the state average in Biology and U.S. History, but consistently underperforms in Algebra I and English II Reading. A notable strength is U.S. History, where 73.94% of students were proficient compared to the state average of 67.94%. The school also demonstrated significant improvement in Algebra I, jumping from 23.13% to 38.46% proficiency year-over-year, though this remains below the state average of 54.03%.
The school boasts a strong graduation rate of 93.4%, though its dropout rate of 1.8% is higher than the district average of 1.2%. With a student-teacher ratio of 14.5:1 and per-student spending of $10,951, the school appears to have reasonable resources. A positive trend is the upward momentum in core subjects, with proficiency increasing in Algebra I, Biology, and English I Reading from the 2024-2025 to the 2025-2026 school year. However, a significant discrepancy exists in math performance, as the district's Algebra I proficiency rate (52.87%) is 14.41 percentage points higher than the school's, suggesting this is an area needing targeted attention.
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