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Schools in Kerens · Kerens Independent School District

Kerens’s public schools score below 73% of Texas districts on tests and graduation

On the state reading tests, 42% of Kerens’s students scored proficient, below the Texas average (51%). The grade covers the public school district serving Kerens, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests. Each state writes its own tests, so this is the one TownRatings grade compared within Texas, not nationally.

K–12Where will my kid go?

From Texas state tests taken in spring 2022, when 100% of students in the tested grades sat them, and the class of 2023’s four-year graduation rate, as reported to the U.S. Department of Education.

Reading proficiency
42%
▼ 9 pts vs TX 51%
2021–22
Math proficiency
36%
▼ 5 pts vs TX 41%
2021–22
Spent per student
$15.4K
▲ 20% vs TX $12.8K
FY2024
Students per teacher
11.6
TX 14.9 · smaller classes
Schools in town
1
657 students on the public path
In brief

Kerens’s schools, in brief

Results trail the state

In spring 2022, 42% of tested students were proficient in reading and 36% in math, against 51% and 41% statewide; 100% of students in the tested grades sat the tests. The grade ↓

Spending and class size

The district spends $15,383 per student, against $12,815 across Texas (FY2024). Spending doesn’t count toward the grade. Districts ↓

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.

The School Grade

What’s behind Kerens’s grade

C Test scores

C: better than 27% of Texas school districts. Test scores are below the Texas average; there is no graduation rate to add.

Texas school districts we grade (1,191)Better than 27%
Lower resultsHigher results
Texas towns with similar household incomes (725)Better than 23%
C−C+A fairly firm grade. Ordinary sampling error in 296 test results could put Kerens anywhere from C− to C+. The tests are from spring 2022, when 100% of Kerens’s students in the tested grades sat them (291 in math, 300 in reading).

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Where will my kid go?

Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Kerens, with each school’s own grade.

The path, start to finish
PK–12Kerens SchoolKerens Independent School DistrictB−

Kerens’s public schools are run by Kerens Independent School District, which also serves Goodlow and Powell. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.

The district

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

Kerens Independent School DistrictGrades PK–12 · 1 schools · 657 students, up 15% since 2020–21 · 11.6 per teacher (TX 14.9)
$15,383TX $12,815 · FY2024
C
Test scores · 2021–22

Well below the state in reading

Reading42%
State average 51.1% · 300 students tested
Math36%
State average 40.9% · 291 students tested

Kerens vs. its neighbors

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

Schools next door
TownSchoolsMain districts
KerensCKerens Independent
Goodlow—Kerens Independent

Every school in Kerens

1 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).

District schools in Kerensby address
Kerens School
Grades PK–12
B−
657 students12:1Rate it →

Questions about Kerens’s schools

Are Kerens’s schools good?

On Texas’s tests they score below most of the state: the public schools Kerens children attend score below 73% of Texas’s school districts on tests and graduation, a C Schools grade. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 23%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.

What school district is Kerens in?

Kerens Independent School District, which runs grades PK–12 and enrolls 657 students in 1 schools (2024–25).

How much does Kerens spend per student?

$15,383 in Kerens Independent School District (FY2024), against $12,815 across Texas. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.

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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). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Texas. Stars are from neighbors.