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Schools in Big Thicket Lake Estates

Big Thicket Lake Estates’s public schools

Hardin Independent School District and Big Sandy Independent School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Big Thicket Lake Estates. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?2/2schools above Texas’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 100% of students in Texas’s tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s graduation rate (U.S. Department of Education). How TownRatings grades schools

Reading proficiency
50%
2021–22
Math proficiency
30%
2021–22
Graduate on time
98%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$12.2K
▼ 4% vs TX $12.8K
FY2024 · Hardin Independent
Students per teacher
15.5
TX 14.9 · larger classes
Schools in town
0
1,070 students on the public path
In brief

Big Thicket Lake Estates’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Big Thicket Lake Estates’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Texas’s 7,796 public schools. Hardin El places highest (better than 63%); Big Sandy School lowest (57%). See the path ↓

Written from the figures on this page. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023; each school’s own letter uses 2020–21 results.

Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools in Big Thicket Lake Estates, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–122 schoolsDepends on your addressB

Which school depends on your address. To confirm it, ask the Hardin Independent School District.

Two districts serve Big Thicket Lake Estates

Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.

Hardin Independent School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 1,257 students, up 3% since 2020–21 · 16.4 per teacher (TX 14.9)
$12,241TX $12,815 · FY2024
B−
Big Sandy Independent School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 1 schools · 506 students, up 2% since 2020–21 · 13.7 per teacher (TX 14.9)
$14,830TX $12,815 · FY2024
B−
Test scores · 2021–22

Close to the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Hardin Independent School District50%
State average 51.1% · 797 students tested
Math · PK–12, Hardin Independent School District30%
State average 40.9% · 761 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Big Sandy Independent School District49%
State average 51.1% · 287 students tested
Math · PK–12, Big Sandy Independent School District43%
State average 40.9% · 284 students tested

Big Thicket Lake Estates vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Texas towns that share Big Thicket Lake Estates’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Big Thicket Lake Estates—Hardin Independent PK–12 · Big Sandy Independent PK–12

Every school in Big Thicket Lake Estates

2 schools. Each public school’s letter compares its own 2020–21 reading and math results with Texas’s other public schools (the newest school-level results we have).

Also serving Big Thicket Lake Estatesin other towns
Hardin El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Hardin
B
564 students16:1Rate it →
Big Sandy School
Grades PK–12 · Dallardsville
B
506 students14:1Rate it →

Questions about Big Thicket Lake Estates’s schools

Are Big Thicket Lake Estates’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Big Thicket Lake Estates. Hardin Independent School District and Big Sandy Independent School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Big Thicket Lake Estates. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 2 of its 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Texas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Big Thicket Lake Estates in?

Hardin Independent School District and Big Sandy Independent School District.

Where do Big Thicket Lake Estates kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Hardin El and Big Sandy School.

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School data: state test results (2021–22, with participation) and four-year graduation rates (class of 2023) reported to the U.S. Department of Education (EDFacts via ED Data Express); each school’s own letter uses its 2020–21 results (EDFacts via the Urban Institute); schools and enrollment from NCES (2024–25; private schools 2023–24); spending from the Census Bureau’s school finance survey (FY2024). Stars are from neighbors.