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Tarrant County

581 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 “College/career/military ready” (+5.0 pts) and trail it most on “Advanced course completion” (-4.3 pts).

Tarrant Texas
Graduation rate ’24#55 of 74 counties+0.3 vs TX
Tarrant 90.1%Texas 89.8%
College/career/military ready ’24#27 of 75 counties+5.0 vs TX
Tarrant 80.1%Texas 75.1%
Enrolled in a Texas college ’22#43 of 80 counties-1.2 vs TX
Tarrant 43.4%Texas 44.6%
Took the SAT or ACT ’24#17 of 75 counties+3.4 vs TX
Tarrant 84.5%Texas 81.1%
College-ready test score ’24#21 of 61 counties-0.7 vs TX
Tarrant 13.8%Texas 14.5%
Algebra I proficiency ’25#43 of 84 counties-3.8 vs TX
Tarrant 22.2%Texas 26.0%
Advanced course completion ’24#67 of 96 counties-4.3 vs TX
Tarrant 50.8%Texas 55.1%

The advanced pipeline

Black students at each gate, latest year. Each stage has its own denominator; the bars sit side by side, never multiplied.

Complete an advanced or dual-credit course51 in 100
of 11th-12th graders · 2024 · n = 10,467 · White: 69
Take an AP/IB exam19 in 100
of 11th-12th graders · 2024 · n = 10,212 · White: 36
Pass an AP/IB exam37 in 100
of students who took one · 2024 · n = 1,986 · White: 74

777 of 5,018 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.

84868890922012201520182021202490

College/career/military ready

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

304050607080201720192021202320248075

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.

40455055201620182020202245

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.

7075808590201220152018202120248581

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.

51015202012201520182021202415

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.

203040201720192022202420252622

Advanced course completion

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

455055201420172020202320245551

Took an AP/IB exam

Took at least one AP or IB exam.

12141618202224201220152018202120241917

Every measure, latest year

Latest year per measure, by student group. Dashes are groups the state masked for privacy, not zeros.
MeasureYearAllBlackHispanicWhiteLow-income
Graduation rate202492.5%90.1%90.7%95.5%89.3%
College/career/military ready202483.6%80.1%82.4%86.5%81%
Algebra I proficiency202526.6%22.2%21.9%41.1%20.9%
Biology proficiency202554.8%44.5%46.8%74.8%44%
English II proficiency202553.8%44.5%44%75.1%41.7%
Grade 3 math202342.9%30.5%33.9%60.7%31.4%
Grade 4 math202346.4%32.5%38.1%64.2%35.3%
Grade 5 math202348%31.7%41.6%64.6%36.7%
Grade 6 math202339.7%26%28.8%58.7%26.6%
Grade 7 math202336.5%24.1%26.2%57%25.8%
Grade 8 math202344.5%30.1%34.9%63.4%32.2%
Grade 3 reading202348.3%38.2%38.5%65.9%36.4%
Grade 4 reading202347.3%35.8%37.7%65.9%34.8%
Grade 5 reading202354.9%42.8%47.1%71.3%43.6%
Grade 6 reading202352.2%39.9%41.8%70.6%39.2%
Grade 7 reading202353.3%40.4%42.3%72.8%40%
Grade 8 reading202354.3%43.8%43.8%72.5%41.6%
Advanced course completion202459.9%50.8%55%69.2%52.7%
Took an AP/IB course202447%36.7%42.5%55%37.7%
Took an AP/IB exam202427.7%19.4%21.5%35.7%19.5%
Passed an AP/IB exam202459.9%37.4%47%73.5%42.2%

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