Dickinson Isd

19 campuses · Galveston County

Dickinson Isd enrolled 3,896 students across 19 campuses in 2025. In the class of 2024, 96.7% graduated in four years (Texas: 92.7%).

At a glance vs. Texas

Dickinson Isd Texas
Graduation rate ’24+7.4 vs TX
Dickinson Isd 97.2%Texas 89.8%
College/career/military ready ’24+2.9 vs TX
Dickinson Isd 78.0%Texas 75.1%
Enrolled in a Texas college ’22+12.0 vs TX
Dickinson Isd 56.6%Texas 44.6%
Took the SAT or ACT ’24+8.2 vs TX
Dickinson Isd 89.3%Texas 81.1%
College-ready test score ’24-6.0 vs TX
Dickinson Isd 8.5%Texas 14.5%
Algebra I proficiency ’25+15.8 vs TX
Dickinson Isd 41.8%Texas 26.0%
Advanced course completion ’24+9.0 vs TX
Dickinson Isd 64.1%Texas 55.1%

17 of 159 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.

80859095100201220152018202120249790

College/career/military ready

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

4060802017201920212023202478

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.

40506020162018202020225745

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.

406080201220152018202120248981

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.

010203020122015201820212024159

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.

2030405060201720192022202420254226

Advanced course completion

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

203040506070201420172020202320246455

Took an AP/IB exam

Took at least one AP or IB exam.

051015202012201520182021202417

Every measure, latest year

Latest year per measure, by student group. Dashes are groups the state masked for privacy, not zeros.
MeasureYearAllBlackHispanicWhiteLow-income
Graduation rate202496.7%97.2%97.6%94%95.8%
College/career/military ready202479.6%78%78.9%81.3%76.6%
Algebra I proficiency202546.8%41.8%45.7%53.6%43.1%
Biology proficiency202568.4%57.3%64.3%82%62.3%
English II proficiency202552.4%45.8%47.6%65.6%43.9%
Grade 3 math202341%40.9%36.1%48.5%33.9%
Grade 4 math202347.2%34.3%44.3%57.9%42.2%
Grade 5 math202343.4%28.2%42.5%51.8%38.1%
Grade 6 math202335.9%25.9%32.8%47.7%30.7%
Grade 7 math202319.2%13.7%17.4%25.8%18.3%
Grade 8 math202344.5%35.9%40.4%52.7%40.5%
Grade 3 reading202345.6%40.6%41.3%53.8%39%
Grade 4 reading202342.7%29.6%38.8%56.2%36.7%
Grade 5 reading202346.9%39.4%42.3%56.8%39.6%
Grade 6 reading202348.8%38.8%46.1%57.8%42.1%
Grade 7 reading202351.6%39.3%49.2%61.6%45%
Grade 8 reading202358.1%48.9%54.3%66.9%52.8%
Advanced course completion202462.2%64.1%59.3%68.4%60.2%
Took an AP/IB course202431.1%29.6%28.9%38.4%23.8%
Took an AP/IB exam202418.4%15.8%16.7%23.5%13.6%
Passed an AP/IB exam202445.3%24.5%41.2%61%35.8%

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