Schools · Texas
Texas, TX schools
Kids attend one of 6 elementary schools through grade 5, then one of 5 middle schools and Texas City H S.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
C+
Texas’s School Grade: C+
The public schools Texas’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, trail 65% of Texas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they rank near the bottom.
B-Test scoresC-Graduation
Texas school districts we grade (1,185)Better than 35%
Lower resultsHigher results
Texas towns with similar household incomes (727)Better than 29%
High confidence. Built on 9,888 tested students and a graduating class of 700; 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 Texas kids go to school
Grades PK–5
6 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Dickinson Independent School DistrictGrades 6–8
5 middle schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Dickinson 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–8, Dickinson Independent)39%
State average 36.5%
Math (grades 9–12, Texas City Independent)28%
State average 36.5%
Graduation · class of 2019
88% graduate on time
Graduation rate
88%
TX: 90.2%
Graduating class
700
students
The share of students who started ninth grade together and earned a regular diploma within four years.
Districts
Two districts serve Texas
Dickinson Independent School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 19 schools · 12,554 students
$12,563 per studentTX $12,815C+Texas City Independent School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 15 schools · 7,711 students
$16,390 per studentTX $12,815C-Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Colleges
Texas is home to College of the Mainland
More about College of the Mainland →Every school
All 28 schools in Texas
Showing 1–28 of 28 schools
Hughes Road ElElementary · Grades PK–3 · 585 students
B-PublicOdyssey Academy - Texas CityElementary · Grades PK–8 · 558 students
CCharterManuel Guajardo Jr. ElElementary · Grades K–4 · 501 students
B+PublicSimms ElElementary · Grades K–5 · 482 students
C-PublicRoosevelt-Wilson ElElementary · Grades K–4 · 460 students
B-PublicKohfeldt ElElementary · Grades K–4 · 429 students
C+PublicHeights ElElementary · Grades K–4 · 412 students
C+PublicOur Lady of Fatima Catholic SchoolElementary · Grades PK–8 · 64 students
PrivateCalvary Childhood Education MinistryElementary · Grades PK–4 · 29 students
PrivateDickinson J HMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 1,060 students
PublicR D McAdams J HMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 891 students
B-PublicEugene 'Gene' Kranz J HMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 877 students
A-PublicBlocker MiddleMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 802 students
B-PublicFry IntMiddle · Grades 5–6 · 769 students
CPublicGiles MiddleMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 553 students
DPublicTransforming Lives Cooperative (TLC)Secondary · Grades 8–11 · 9 students
PublicGalveston Co J J A E PSecondary · Grades 8–11 · 5 students
PublicTexas City J J A E PSecondary · Grades 8–10 · 3 students
PublicGalveston Co J J A E PSecondary · Grades 9 · 1 students
PublicGalveston Co J J A E PSecondary · Grades 10 · 1 students
PublicTexas City H SHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,689 students
B-PublicWoodrow Wilson DaepHigh · Grades 5–12 · 75 students
D-PublicGalveston Co Detention CTRHigh · Grades 6–12 · 24 students
PublicCalvin Vincent Pre-K Head StartPrekindergarten · Grades PK · 311 students
PublicGalveston Co J J A E PGrades M
PublicGalveston Co J J A E PGrades M
PublicGalveston Co JjaepGrades M
PublicAspire Christian AcademyOther · Grades PK–12 · 18 students
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.