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Schools in Bluetown

Bluetown’s public schools

Santa Maria Independent School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Bluetown. Each school below is shown with its own results.

—Not gradedK–12Where will my kid go?0/3schools above Texas’s middle

Tests spring 2022, when 98% 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
34%
2021–22
Math proficiency
25%
2021–22
Graduate on time
95%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$21.8K
▲ 70% vs TX $12.8K
FY2024
Students per teacher
9.5
TX 14.9 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
512 students on the public path
In brief

Bluetown’s schools, in brief

School by school

0 of Bluetown’s 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Texas’s 7,796 public schools. Tony Gonzalez El places highest (better than 8%); Santa Maria H S lowest (6%). 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 Bluetown, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–5Tony Gonzalez Elin Santa MariaD
6–8Santa Maria Middlein Santa MariaD
9–12Santa Maria H Sin Santa MariaD

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

The district

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

Santa Maria Independent School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 3 schools · 512 students, down 15% since 2020–21 · 9.5 per teacher (TX 14.9)
$21,848TX $12,815 · FY2024
D
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading34%
State average 51.1% · 322 students tested
Math25%
State average 40.9% · 324 students tested

Bluetown vs. its neighbors

Schools grades for the Texas towns that share Bluetown’s borders.

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Bluetown—Santa Maria Independent
La FeriaCLa Feria Independent

Every school in Bluetown

3 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 Bluetownin other towns
Tony Gonzalez El
Elementary · Grades PK–5 · Santa Maria
D
224 students13:1Rate it →
Santa Maria Middle
Middle · Grades 6–8 · Santa Maria
D
123 students10:1Rate it →
Santa Maria H S
High · Grades 9–12 · Santa Maria
D
165 students7:1Rate it →

Questions about Bluetown’s schools

Are Bluetown’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Bluetown. Santa Maria Independent School District has no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Bluetown. Each school below is shown with its own results. School by school, 0 of its 3 district schools with test results score above the middle of Texas’s public schools on their 2020–21 results.

What school district is Bluetown in?

Santa Maria Independent School District.

Where do Bluetown kids go to high school?

Santa Maria H S.

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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.