Photo: Michael Barera · CC BY-SA 4.0Texarkana’s public schools score below 66% of Texas districts on tests and graduation
The grade covers the three public school districts serving Texarkana, 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.
From Texas state tests taken in spring 2022, when 98% 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.
Texarkana’s schools, in brief
Results trail the state
In spring 2022, 49% of tested students were proficient in reading and 37% in math, against 51% and 41% statewide; 98% of students in the tested grades sat the tests. The grade ↓
Graduation
83% of the class of 2023 graduated in four years, against 90% across Texas. Districts ↓
Spending and class size
Texarkana Independent spends $13,608 per student and Pleasant Grove Independent $11,462, against $12,815 across Texas (FY2024). Neither counts toward the grade. Districts ↓
Seven elementary schools, then two middle and three high schools
Which school depends on the address at every step. Enrollment is down 5% since 2020–21. See the path ↓
Choice beyond the district
Premier H S of Texarkana, St. James Day School (private) and First Baptist Church Weekday Preschool and Kinder (private) are in town. Digital Academy of Texas, an online school, is based here too; it isn’t counted as a local school. Every school ↓
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.
What’s behind Texarkana’s grade
C: better than 34% of Texas school districts, #460 of 642 Texas towns. Both inputs trail the Texas average; test scores are the closer of the two to typical.
Where will my kid go?
Pick a grade. These are the public schools that serve Texarkana, with each school’s own grade.
6th grade in Texarkana · depends on your address
Texas Middle
Grades 6–8 · 1,421 students · 13:1 students per teacher
Pleasant Grove Middle
Grades 6–8 · 537 students · 13:1 students per teacher
7th grade in Texarkana · depends on your address
Texas Middle
Grades 6–8 · 1,421 students · 13:1 students per teacher
Pleasant Grove Middle
Grades 6–8 · 537 students · 13:1 students per teacher
8th grade in Texarkana · depends on your address
Texas Middle
Grades 6–8 · 1,421 students · 13:1 students per teacher
Pleasant Grove Middle
Grades 6–8 · 537 students · 13:1 students per teacher
9th grade in Texarkana · depends on your address
Texas H S
Grades 9–12 · 1,750 students · 11:1 students per teacher
Pleasant Grove H S
Grades 9–12 · 821 students · 13:1 students per teacher
Liberty-Eylau H S
Grades 9–12 · 543 students · 8:1 students per teacher
10th grade in Texarkana · depends on your address
Texas H S
Grades 9–12 · 1,750 students · 11:1 students per teacher
Pleasant Grove H S
Grades 9–12 · 821 students · 13:1 students per teacher
Liberty-Eylau H S
Grades 9–12 · 543 students · 8:1 students per teacher
Parts of Texarkana (4% of its land) are served by Red Lick Independent instead. To confirm the school for a specific address, ask the district.
Three districts serve Texarkana
Spending and class size are shown but don’t count toward the grade. Each district’s own page has every school.
Below the state in reading
Texarkana vs. its neighbors
Schools grades for the Texas towns that share Texarkana’s borders.
| Town | Schools | Main districts |
|---|---|---|
| Texarkana | C | Texarkana Independent PK–12 · Pleasant Grove Independent PK–12 · Liberty-Eylau Independent PK–12 |
| Nash | C− | Texarkana Independent |
| Wake Village | C− | Texarkana Independent |
| Red Lick | — | Red Lick Independent |
2 of the 3 neighbors share Texarkana Independent with Texarkana for grades PK–12, so their letters differ mainly through the lower grades. Texarkana, AR borders Texarkana but is graded on its own state’s tests, so it’s left out.
Every school in Texarkana
19 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).
Left off: 1 public program with fewer than 25 students (Parks El).
Questions about Texarkana’s schools
Are Texarkana’s schools good?
On Texas’s tests they score below most of the state: the public schools Texarkana children attend score below 66% of Texas’s school districts on tests and graduation, a C Schools grade, #460 of 642 Texas towns. Among towns with similar incomes they beat 33%. Tests are from 2021–22, graduation from the class of 2023.
What school district is Texarkana in?
Texarkana Independent School District, which runs grades PK–12 and enrolls 7,269 students in 13 schools (2024–25). Small parts of Texarkana are served by Red Lick Independent.
Where do Texarkana kids go to high school?
One of 3 high schools, depending on your address: Texas H S, Pleasant Grove H S and Liberty-Eylau H S.
What is Texarkana’s graduation rate?
83% of the class of 2023 in Texarkana Independent School District graduated in four years, against 90% across Texas.
How much does Texarkana spend per student?
$13,608 in Texarkana Independent School District, $11,462 in Pleasant Grove Independent School District and $13,367 in Liberty-Eylau Independent School District (FY2024), against $12,815 across Texas. Spending doesn’t count toward the grade.
Are there private schools in Texarkana?
Yes: St. James Day School (religious, grades PK–8, 144 students) and First Baptist Church Weekday Preschool and Kinder (religious, grades PK–K, 82 students). Texarkana also has 1 charter school, free and open by application.
Parents talk
What Texarkana 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). The School Grade is our own summary, graded within Texas. Stars are from neighbors.