Schools · Abilene
Abilene, TX schools
Kids attend one of 13 elementary schools through grade 5, then one of 4 middle schools and Abilene H S or Cooper H S or Academy for Technology Engineering Math & Science.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
C+
Abilene’s School Grade: C+
The public schools Abilene’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 61% of Texas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
C+Test scoresC-Graduation
Texas school districts we grade (1,185)Better than 39%
Lower resultsHigher results
Texas towns with similar household incomes (765)Better than 35%
High confidence. Built on 7,820 tested students and a graduating class of 1,043; ordinary year-to-year swings are unlikely to change the grade.
How the School Grade works
- Results, not inputs. Math and reading proficiency on Texas’s state tests, each against the state average, plus the four-year graduation rate. Spending and class size are shown below but don’t count toward the grade. Tests: 2020–21; graduation: class of 2019.
- The whole path. A town’s grade follows its kids: every district that serves it, weighted by the number of students tested in each. Tests count 60% and graduation 40%.
- Graded within the state. Each state writes its own tests, so districts are lined up against the rest of Texas only. A+ top 5%A next 10%A- next 10%B B+ to B−, next 30%C C+ to C−, next 30%D D and D−, bottom 15%
- Individual schools are graded the same way on their own test results, against every public school in Texas with 25+ students. Private schools aren’t graded: they don’t take the state tests.
- What a grade can’t tell you. Test results track family income closely, so a high grade partly reflects who lives in a town. That’s why we also compare towns with similar incomes. Visit, ask other parents, and read neighbor reviews. It’s our own summary of U.S. Department of Education data, not an official rating.
School path
Where Abilene kids go to school
Grades PK–5
13 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Abilene Independent School DistrictGrades 6–8
4 middle schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Abilene Independent School DistrictGrades 9–12
B+Abilene H S or B-Cooper H S or AAcademy for Technology Engineering Math & Science
Depends on your address Abilene Independent School DistrictBased on district boundaries from the U.S. Department of Education. Check with the district before you enroll.
Test scores · 2020–21
State test results
Math (grades PK–12, Abilene Independent)32%
State average 36.5%
Graduation · class of 2019
90% graduate on time
Graduation rate
90%
TX: 90.2%
Graduating class
1,043
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #452 of 584 TX towns →
Districts
The district serving Abilene
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 50 schools in Abilene
Showing 1–30 of 50 schools
Wylie East ElElementary · Grades K–3 · 776 students
APublicAustin ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 729 students
B+PublicWylie West ElElementary · Grades K–2 · 673 students
PublicTaylor ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 662 students
BPublicDyess ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 621 students
A-PublicBassetti ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 546 students
B-PublicPurcell ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 537 students
CPublicOrtiz ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 523 students
DPublicWard ElElementary · Grades K–5 · 502 students
BPublicBonham ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 481 students
CPublicBowie ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 473 students
B-PublicStafford ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 473 students
C-PublicWylie West IntElementary · Grades 3–4 · 465 students
APublicAlcorta ElElementary · Grades K–5 · 410 students
C+PublicWylie East IntElementary · Grades 4–5 · 384 students
PublicThomas ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 378 students
B+PublicMartinez ElElementary · Grades PK–5 · 371 students
CPublicSt. Johns Episcopal SchoolElementary · Grades PK–5 · 243 students
PrivateAbilene Classical AcademyElementary · Grades PK–8 · 123 students
PrivateKenley SchoolElementary · Grades 2–8 · 49 students
PrivateA Habitat for LearningElementary · Grades K · 13 students
PrivateAbilene Junior AcademyElementary · Grades PK–3 · 12 students
PrivateWylie West J HMiddle · Grades 5–8 · 1,038 students
APublicMann MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 776 students
CPublicCraig MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 771 students
C+PublicMadison MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 770 students
C+PublicClack MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 693 students
CPublicWylie East J HMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 540 students
APublicAbilene H SHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,798 students
B+PublicCooper H SHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,570 students
B-PublicSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.