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Schools in Pantego · Arlington Independent School District

Pantego’s public schools score below 79% of Texas districts on tests and graduation

On the state math tests, 33% of Pantego’s students scored proficient, below the Texas average (41%). The grade covers the public school district serving Pantego, from kindergarten through graduation, on state tests and graduation. 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

44%

▼ 7 pts vs TX 51%

2021–22

Math proficiency

33%

▼ 8 pts vs TX 41%

2021–22

Graduate on time

85%

▼ 5 pts vs TX 90%

class of 2023

Spent per student

$12.7K

▼ 1% vs TX $12.8K

FY2024

Students per teacher

14.1

TX 14.9 · smaller classes

Schools in town

51,848 students on the public path

In brief

Pantego’s schools, in brief

Against towns with similar incomes

Among the 715 Texas towns with household incomes within a quarter of Pantego’s, its schools beat 13%, lower than their 21% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓

Results trail the state

In spring 2022, 44% of tested students were proficient in reading and 33% in math, against 51% and 41% statewide; 100% of students in the tested grades sat the tests. The grade ↓

Graduation

85% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 90% across Texas. Districts ↓

Spending and class size

The district spends $12,690 per student, against $12,815 across Texas (FY2024). Spending doesn’t count toward the grade. Districts ↓

52 elementary schools, then ten middle and seven high schools

Which school depends on the address at every step. 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.

The School Grade

What’s behind Pantego’s grade

C Test scoresD Graduation

C−: better than 21% of Texas school districts. Both inputs trail the Texas average; test scores are the closer of the two to typical.

Texas school districts we grade (1,191)Better than 21%

Lower resultsHigher results

Texas towns with similar household incomes (715)Better than 13%

A firm grade. Ordinary sampling error in 30,259 test results and a graduating class of 4,543 wouldn’t change the letter. The tests are from spring 2022, when 100% of Pantego’s students in the tested grades sat them (30,125 in math, 30,393 in reading).

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Where will my kid go?

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

52 schools teach K in Pantego’s district. Which one depends on your address. Their grades range from D− to A, so check the specific school.

Town	Schools	Main districts
Pantego	C⁻	Arlington Independent
Dalworthington Gardens	C⁻	Arlington Independent

Pantego’s public schools score below 79% of Texas districts on tests and graduation

Pantego’s schools, in brief

Against towns with similar incomes

Results trail the state

Graduation

Spending and class size

52 elementary schools, then ten middle and seven high schools

What’s behind Pantego’s grade

Where will my kid go?

The district

Well below the state in reading

Pantego vs. its neighbors

Every school in Pantego

Questions about Pantego’s schools

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