Summary:
In zip code 78389, there is a single middle school, Skidmore-Tynan J H, serving grades 6 through 8 in the Skidmore-Tynan Independent School District (Isd) in Skidmore, Texas, with a small enrollment of 182 students.
This school shows dramatic swings in academic performance, making it a school of contrasts. For example, 8th-grade math proficiency soared to 69.84% in the 2025-2026 school year, far exceeding the state average, likely because high-performing students take Algebra I for high school credit (where 100% were proficient the prior year). However, 7th-grade math proficiency plummeted from 56.72% to just 18.42% over the same period, and 8th-grade social studies proficiency was a very low 17.02%, well below the state average of 31.69%. The school's state ranking has also declined steadily, dropping from the 77th percentile (4 stars) in 2023-2024 to the 54th percentile (3 stars) in 2025-2026.
With a favorable student-teacher ratio of 13.3:1 and spending of $10,337 per student, the school has solid resources, yet 74.18% of students are economically disadvantaged. The small size (182 students) means that a single cohort can dramatically shift averages, making year-to-year comparisons tricky. While the school has a 0% dropout rate, the inconsistent test scores—especially the huge gap between strong 8th-grade math and weak social studies—suggest that instructional strategies may need to be re-evaluated to better support all students across subjects.
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