Schools · Waxahachie
Waxahachie, TX schools
Kids attend one of 10 elementary schools through grade 5, then HOWARD J H or FINLEY J H or COLEMAN J H and WAXAHACHIE H S or WAXAHACHIE GLOBAL H S.
Grades, test scores, graduation, spending and every school, from U.S. Department of Education data.
TownTapestry School GradeNew
B
Waxahachie’s School Grade: B
The public schools Waxahachie’s kids attend, from kindergarten through graduation, outperform 60% of Texas’s districts on state tests and graduation. Among towns with similar incomes, they sit near the middle.
B+Test scoresC-Graduation
Texas school districts we grade (1,185)Better than 60%
Lower resultsHigher results
Texas towns with similar household incomes (564)Better than 57%
High confidence. Built on 5,011 tested students and a graduating class of 682; 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 Waxahachie kids go to school
Grades PK–5
10 elementary schoolsDepends on your address · see the list Waxahachie Independent School DistrictGrades 6–8
B+HOWARD J H or B+FINLEY J H or BCOLEMAN J H
Depends on your address Waxahachie Independent School DistrictGrades 9–12
BWAXAHACHIE H S or A+WAXAHACHIE GLOBAL H S
Depends on your address Waxahachie 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, Waxahachie Independent)45%
State average 36.5%
Graduation · class of 2019
90% graduate on time
Graduation rate
90%
TX: 90.2%
Graduating class
682
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 Waxahachie
Each district’s own page has its spending, test scores, enrollment and every school.
Every school
All 23 schools in Waxahachie
Showing 1–23 of 23 schools
WEDGEWORTH ELElementary · Grades K–5 · 594 students
C+PublicSIMPSON ELElementary · Grades K–5 · 592 students
A-PublicMARVIN BIOMEDICAL ACADEMYElementary · Grades PK–5 · 535 students
C+PublicDUNAWAY ELElementary · Grades K–5 · 525 students
B+PublicNORTHSIDE ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 480 students
B+PublicFELTY ELElementary · Grades K–5 · 471 students
A-PublicSHACKELFORD ELElementary · Grades K–5 · 452 students
A-PublicCLIFT ELElementary · Grades K–5 · 449 students
B+PublicWILEMON STEAM ACADEMYElementary · Grades K–5 · 437 students
APublicRAY ELElementary · Grades PK–5 · 386 students
PublicFAITH FAMILY MASTER ACADEMYElementary · Grades PK–8 · 366 students
C+CharterHOWARD J HMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 918 students
B+PublicFINLEY J HMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 839 students
B+PublicCOLEMAN J HMiddle · Grades 6–8 · 775 students
BPublicLIFE MIDDLE WAXAHACHIEMiddle · Grades 7–8 · 551 students
C+CharterWAXAHACHIE H SHigh · Grades 9–12 · 3,056 students
BPublicLIFE H S WAXAHACHIEHigh · Grades 9–12 · 1,114 students
B-CharterWAXAHACHIE GLOBAL H SHigh · Grades 9–12 · 369 students
A+PublicWAXAHACHIE H S OF CHOICEHigh · Grades 10–12 · 56 students
D-PublicTURNER PREKINDERGARTEN ACADEMYPrekindergarten · Grades PK · 256 students
PublicWAXAHACHIE CREEK H SGrades M
PublicFIRST CHRISTIAN DAY SCHOOL
PrivateTHE CHILDRENS MONTESSORI CENTER
PrivateSchool data from the U.S. Department of Education (NCES). Ratings are from neighbors on TownTapestry.