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Schools in Dickens

Dickens’s public schools

Spur Independent School District and Patton Springs Independent School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Dickens. 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 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
62%
2021–22
Math proficiency
37%
2021–22
Graduate on time
90%
class of 2023
Spent per student
$17.9K
▲ 40% vs TX $12.8K
FY2024 · Spur Independent
Students per teacher
8.5
TX 14.9 · smaller classes
Schools in town
0
280 students on the public path
In brief

Dickens’s schools, in brief

School by school

2 of Dickens’s 2 district schools with test results score above the middle of Texas’s 7,796 public schools. Patton Springs School places highest (better than 75%); Spur School lowest (71%). 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 Dickens, with each school’s own grade.

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

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

Two districts serve Dickens

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

Spur Independent School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 1 schools · 192 students, down 20% since 2020–21 · 8.9 per teacher (TX 14.9)
$17,946TX $12,815 · FY2024
B+
Patton Springs Independent School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 1 schools · 88 students, down 2% since 2020–21 · 7.9 per teacher (TX 14.9)
$28,566TX $12,815 · FY2024
A
Test scores · 2021–22

Well above the state in reading

Reading · PK–12, Spur Independent School District62%
State average 51.1% · 111 students tested
Math · PK–12, Spur Independent School District37%
State average 40.9% · 109 students tested
Reading · PK–12, Patton Springs Independent School District64%
State average 51.1% · 42 students tested
Math · PK–12, Patton Springs Independent School District54%
State average 40.9% · 42 students tested

Dickens vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
Dickens—Spur Independent PK–12 · Patton Springs Independent PK–12

Every school in Dickens

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 Dickensin other towns
Spur School
Grades PK–12 · Spur
B+
192 students9:1Rate it →
Patton Springs School
Grades PK–12 · Afton
A−
88 students8:1Rate it →

Questions about Dickens’s schools

Are Dickens’s schools good?

There’s no Schools grade for Dickens. Spur Independent School District and Patton Springs Independent School District have no state test or graduation results we can use, so there is no Schools grade for Dickens. 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 Dickens in?

Spur Independent School District and Patton Springs Independent School District.

Where do Dickens kids go to high school?

One of two high schools, depending on your address: Spur School and Patton Springs School.

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What Dickens families are saying about 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.