Galveston Isd

16 campuses · Galveston County

Galveston Isd enrolled 2,011 students across 16 campuses in 2025. In the class of 2024, 95.8% graduated in four years (Texas: 92.7%).

At a glance vs. Texas

Galveston Isd Texas
Graduation rate ’24+4.5 vs TX
Galveston Isd 94.3%Texas 89.8%
College/career/military ready ’24-13.7 vs TX
Galveston Isd 61.4%Texas 75.1%
Enrolled in a Texas college ’22-2.7 vs TX
Galveston Isd 41.9%Texas 44.6%
Took the SAT or ACT ’24-67.2 vs TX
Galveston Isd 13.9%Texas 81.1%
College-ready test score ’23-7.1 vs TX
Galveston Isd 6.9%Texas 14.0%
Algebra I proficiency ’25-15.1 vs TX
Galveston Isd 10.9%Texas 26.0%
Advanced course completion ’24+7.5 vs TX
Galveston Isd 62.6%Texas 55.1%

87 of 101 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.

708090100201220152018202120249490

College/career/military ready

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

20406080201720192021202320247561

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.

203040506070201620182020202245

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.

20406080201220152018202120248114

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.

010203020122015201820212024150

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.

10203040201720192022202420252611

Advanced course completion

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

3040506070201420172020202320246355

Took an AP/IB exam

Took at least one AP or IB exam.

0510152020122015201820212024177

Every measure, latest year

Latest year per measure, by student group. Dashes are groups the state masked for privacy, not zeros.
MeasureYearAllBlackHispanicWhiteLow-income
Graduation rate202495.8%94.3%95.3%98.4%95.1%
College/career/military ready202471%61.4%71.4%75.2%65.9%
Algebra I proficiency202519.3%10.9%21.5%17.1%18.5%
Biology proficiency202542.9%28.6%38.3%70.2%37%
English II proficiency202545.8%24.8%42.2%76.2%35.1%
Grade 3 math202340.2%21.1%34.9%64.6%34.4%
Grade 4 math202345.7%28.9%48.4%56.6%40.7%
Grade 5 math202334.9%16.5%33.5%57.6%25%
Grade 6 math202331.8%16%29.3%56.1%22.4%
Grade 7 math202314.8%12.2%15.3%14%14.6%
Grade 8 math202330.4%17.3%29%44.8%24.8%
Grade 3 reading202344.6%28.9%38.5%72.8%38.4%
Grade 4 reading202354.2%36.4%55.3%64.9%49.7%
Grade 5 reading202339.9%28.9%34.8%62.1%31.3%
Grade 6 reading202338.1%28.4%35.4%51.8%31%
Grade 7 reading202338.8%19.8%40.1%56.3%30.9%
Grade 8 reading202348%32.7%42.1%72.1%39.1%
Advanced course completion202466.4%62.6%64.2%74.8%62.1%
Took an AP/IB course202439.7%19.8%38.7%53.6%31.5%
Took an AP/IB exam202416.1%6.7%14%24.5%11.7%
Passed an AP/IB exam202446.5%7.7%45.6%49.2%41.6%

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