Schools · Rusk

Rusk, TX schools

Kids attend GW Bradford Pri through grade 1, then Rusk El, Rusk J H and Rusk H S.

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

B+School Grade #209Best schools in TX (of 583)#41Highest graduation rate in TX (of 584)

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Rusk’s School Grade: B+

The public schools Rusk’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 66% of Texas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the top.

BTest scoresBGraduation

Texas school districts we grade (1,185)Better than 66%

Lower resultsHigher results

Texas towns with similar household incomes (659)Better than 72%

High confidence. Built on 1,043 tested students and a graduating class of 145; 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 Rusk kids go to school

Grades PK–1

GW Bradford Pri 379 students · Rusk Rusk Independent School District

Grades 2–3

A-Rusk El 298 students · Rusk Rusk Independent School District

Grades 6–8

BRusk J H 458 students · Rusk Rusk Independent School District

Grades 9–12

B+Rusk H S 621 students · Rusk Rusk 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, Rusk Independent)40%

State average 36.5%

Graduation · class of 2019

97% graduate on time

Graduation rate

97%

TX: 90.2%

Graduating class

145

students

The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years. #41 of 584 TX towns →

Districts

The district serving Rusk

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Rusk Independent School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 5 schools · 2,057 students

$13,834 per studentTX $12,815B+

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

Within reach

Colleges near Rusk

There’s no college in Rusk, but 2 colleges are within 30 miles. The closest is Jacksonville College in Jacksonville, 14 miles away.

Jacksonville CollegeCommunity college · Private nonprofit · Jacksonville14 mi355 students

Baptist Missionary Association Theological SeminaryUniversity or college · Private nonprofit · Jacksonville14 mi15 students

Straight-line distance from the center of Rusk. 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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