Schools · Bandera

Bandera, TX schools

Kids attend Alkek El or Hill Country El through grade 5, then Bandera Middle and Bandera H S.

Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.

TownTapestry School GradeNew

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Bandera’s School Grade: C+

The public schools Bandera’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.

CTest scoresC-Graduation

Texas school districts we grade (1,185)Better than 39%

Lower resultsHigher results

Texas towns with similar household incomes (481)Better than 47%

High confidence. Built on 1,142 tested students and a graduating class of 139; 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 Bandera kids go to school

Grades PK–5

C+Alkek El or B+Hill Country El Depends on your address Bandera Independent School District

Grades 6–8

C+Bandera Middle 534 students · Bandera Bandera Independent School District

Grades 9–12

B-Bandera H S 664 students · Bandera Bandera Independent School District

Based 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, Bandera Independent)30%

State average 36.5%

Graduation · class of 2019

92% graduate on time

Graduation rate

92%

TX: 90.2%

Graduating class

139

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.

Districts

The district serving Bandera

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Bandera Independent School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 4 schools · 2,218 students

$11,726 per studentTX $12,815C+

Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.

Within reach

Colleges near Bandera

There’s no college in Bandera, but 5 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Schreiner University in Kerrville, 21.4 miles away.

Schreiner UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Kerrville21.4 mi1,031 students

Christ Mission CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · San Antonio25.4 mi43 students

Northwest Vista CollegeUniversity or college · Public · San Antonio28.3 mi13,041 students The University of Texas at San AntonioUniversity or college · Public · San Antonio28.9 mi30,042 students Hallmark UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · San Antonio29.4 mi758 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Bandera. Degree-granting colleges with students on campus. Colleges marked › have their own page; the others are too small or don’t report enough to the Department of Education for one.

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