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Orange County

26 campuses · rates combine every regular (non-alternative) high school in the county

At a glance vs. Texas

Black students here beat the Texas rate most on “Advanced course completion” (+17.5 pts) and trail it most on “College-ready test score” (-12.0 pts).

Orange Texas
Graduation rate ’24#53 of 74 counties+0.6 vs TX
Orange 90.4%Texas 89.8%
College/career/military ready ’24#42 of 75 counties-3.4 vs TX
Orange 71.7%Texas 75.1%
Enrolled in a Texas college ’22#26 of 80 counties+4.5 vs TX
Orange 49.1%Texas 44.6%
Took the SAT or ACT ’24#25 of 75 counties-0.3 vs TX
Orange 80.8%Texas 81.1%
College-ready test score ’24#56 of 61 counties-12.0 vs TX
Orange 2.5%Texas 14.5%
Algebra I proficiency ’25#11 of 84 counties+6.2 vs TX
Orange 32.2%Texas 26.0%
Advanced course completion ’24#13 of 96 counties+17.5 vs TX
Orange 72.6%Texas 55.1%

19 of 99 Black graduates in the class of 2024 finished without ever taking the SAT or ACT.

Graduation rate

Share of the class that graduated high school within 4 years.

75808590952012201520182021202490

College/career/military ready

Met Texas' readiness checklist: a qualifying test score, college credit, a career certificate, or military enlistment.

204060802017201920212023202475

Exists from the class of 2017. A checklist, not a test. See Methods.

Enrolled in a Texas college

Enrolled in a Texas college or university the fall after graduating.

20304050607020162018202020224945

Texas colleges only: misses out-of-state, military, and trade paths. Runs through the class of 2022.

Took the SAT or ACT

Share of graduates who took a college entrance exam.

4060802012201520182021202481

Can top 100% where juniors test (the denominator is graduates).

College-ready test score

Scored at or above the college-ready benchmark on the SAT or ACT.

051015202520122015201820212024153

The benchmark was redefined between 2017 and 2018, and COVID broke the series between 2020 and 2021. Compare within eras, not across the dashed lines.

Algebra I proficiency

Met grade level on the Algebra I STAAR, the state test nearly every student takes.

010203040201720192022202420253226

Advanced course completion

Completed at least one advanced or dual-credit course (grades 11-12).

406080201420172020202320247355

Took an AP/IB exam

Took at least one AP or IB exam.

051015202520122015201820212024172

Every measure, latest year

Latest year per measure, by student group. Dashes are groups the state masked for privacy, not zeros.
MeasureYearAllBlackHispanicWhiteLow-income
Graduation rate202495.2%90.4%92.1%96.3%92.2%
College/career/military ready202486.9%71.7%84.6%89.8%84.4%
Algebra I proficiency202537.4%32.2%38.3%37.5%30.7%
Biology proficiency202557.9%21.2%51.5%64.1%44.9%
English II proficiency202551.7%24.8%50.2%56.8%40.3%
Grade 3 math202341.3%15.5%36.9%45.9%34%
Grade 4 math202337.3%7.5%28.6%42.9%28.6%
Grade 5 math202339.4%12.6%33.3%43.5%28.4%
Grade 6 math202334.9%8%27.3%39.6%25.4%
Grade 7 math202334.1%9.9%30.1%38.7%23.9%
Grade 8 math202342.3%33.8%39.3%43.4%34.7%
Grade 3 reading202349%27.7%46.8%52.6%40.2%
Grade 4 reading202339.5%15.5%35.1%43.4%32.3%
Grade 5 reading202349.9%35.6%47%51.6%39.8%
Grade 6 reading202347%24.1%38.5%50.7%39.5%
Grade 7 reading202353.3%29.8%47.9%57.1%41.9%
Grade 8 reading202356.9%32.6%57.5%59%45.8%
Advanced course completion202468.1%72.6%64.5%68.1%64.2%
Took an AP/IB course202430.6%9.1%25%33.7%18.2%
Took an AP/IB exam20245.5%2.4%4.4%6%3.2%
Passed an AP/IB exam202440.5%–23.1%20.2%20.6%

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