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Schools in Sparks · Socorro Independent School District

Sparks’s public schools score below 61% of Texas districts on tests and graduation

The grade covers the public school district serving Sparks, 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.

#418of 642 Texas townsK–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

50%

▼ 1 pts vs TX 51%

2021–22

Math proficiency

38%

▼ 3 pts vs TX 41%

2021–22

Graduate on time

89%

▼ 1 pts vs TX 90%

class of 2023

Spent per student

$11.8K

▼ 8% vs TX $12.8K

FY2024

Students per teacher

16.6

TX 14.9 · larger classes

Schools in town

46,474 students on the public path

In brief

Sparks’s schools, in brief

Better than its incomes would predict

Among the 170 Texas towns with household incomes within a quarter of Sparks’s, its schools beat 54%, higher than their 39% against all the state’s districts. The grade ↓

Results trail the state

In spring 2022, 50% of tested students were proficient in reading and 38% in math, against 51% and 41% statewide; 100% of students in the tested grades sat the tests. The grade ↓

Graduation

89% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 90% across Texas. Districts ↓

Spending and class size

The district spends $11,771 per student, against $12,815 across Texas (FY2024). Spending doesn’t count toward the grade. Districts ↓

30 elementary schools, then 16 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 Sparks’s grade

B⁻ Test scoresC⁻ Graduation

C+: better than 39% of Texas school districts, #418 of 642 Texas towns. 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 39%

Lower resultsHigher results

Texas towns with similar household incomes (170)Better than 54%

A firm grade. Ordinary sampling error in 25,660 test results and a graduating class of 3,955 wouldn’t change the letter. The tests are from spring 2022, when 100% of Sparks’s students in the tested grades sat them (25,160 in math, 26,160 in reading).

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Where will my kid go?

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30 schools teach K in Sparks’s district. Which one depends on your address. Their grades range from D to B+, so check the specific school.

Sparks’s public schools score below 61% of Texas districts on tests and graduation

Sparks’s schools, in brief

Better than its incomes would predict

Results trail the state

Graduation

Spending and class size

30 elementary schools, then 16 middle and seven high schools

What’s behind Sparks’s grade

Where will my kid go?

The district

Close to the state in reading

Sparks vs. its neighbors

Every school in Sparks

Questions about Sparks’s schools

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