Schools · Big Sandy

Big Sandy, TX schools

Kids attend Big Sandy El through grade 5, then Big Sandy J H and Big Sandy H S.

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

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B⁺

Big Sandy’s School Grade: B+

The public schools Big Sandy’s kids attend outperform 70% of Texas’s districts on state tests. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

B+Test scores

Texas school districts we grade (1,185)Better than 70%

Lower resultsHigher results

Texas towns with similar household incomes (358)Better than 80%

Good confidence. Built on 324 tested students; 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. 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.
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 Big Sandy kids go to school

Grades PK–5

B+Big Sandy El 320 students · Big Sandy Big Sandy Independent School District

Grades 6–8

B+Big Sandy J H 138 students · Big Sandy Big Sandy Independent School District

Grades 9–12

B-Big Sandy H S 191 students · Big Sandy Big Sandy 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, Big Sandy Independent)44%

State average 36.5%

Graduation · class of 2019

95% graduate on time

Graduation rate

95%

TX: 90.2%

Graduating class

students

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

Districts

The district serving Big Sandy

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Big Sandy Independent School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 649 students

$13,539 per studentTX $12,815B+

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

Within reach

Colleges near Big Sandy

There’s no college in Big Sandy, but 6 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Jarvis Christian University in Hawkins, 4 miles away.

Jarvis Christian UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Hawkins4 mi604 students

Texas CollegeUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Tyler18.7 mi609 students Tyler Junior CollegeUniversity or college · Public · Tyler19.9 mi9,743 students Kilgore CollegeCommunity college · Public · Kilgore20.1 mi4,721 students The University of Texas at TylerUniversity or college · Public · Tyler20.4 mi6,893 students LeTourneau UniversityUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Longview24 mi2,063 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Big Sandy. 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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