Dayton Isd

9 campuses · Liberty County

Dayton Isd enrolled 1,675 students across 9 campuses in 2025. In the class of 2024, 96.9% graduated in four years (Texas: 92.7%).

At a glance vs. Texas

Dayton Isd Texas
Graduation rate ’19+7.8 vs TX
Dayton Isd 97.0%Texas 89.2%
College/career/military ready ’19-8.9 vs TX
Dayton Isd 51.5%Texas 60.4%
Enrolled in a Texas college ’22-6.7 vs TX
Dayton Isd 37.9%Texas 44.6%
Took the SAT or ACT ’19-21.6 vs TX
Dayton Isd 57.6%Texas 79.2%
Algebra I proficiency ’25-1.0 vs TX
Dayton Isd 25.0%Texas 26.0%
Advanced course completion ’24-19.5 vs TX
Dayton Isd 35.6%Texas 55.1%

Graduation rate

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

7080901002012201520182021202410090

College/career/military ready

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

020406080100201720192021202320249475

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.

2040608020162018202020224538

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.

20406080100201220152018202120248171

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.

020406020122015201820212024150

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.

2040602017201920222024202526

Advanced course completion

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

203040506070201420172020202320245536

Took an AP/IB exam

Took at least one AP or IB exam.

0510152020122015201820212024179

Every measure, latest year

Latest year per measure, by student group. Dashes are groups the state masked for privacy, not zeros.
MeasureYearAllBlackHispanicWhiteLow-income
Graduation rate202496.9%100%98.2%95.2%96.7%
College/career/military ready202483.9%94.1%82.4%84.7%81%
Algebra I proficiency202534.9%25%36.5%34.5%31.8%
Biology proficiency202556.2%42.9%55.3%58.2%52%
English II proficiency202547.7%28.6%48.5%48.4%44.2%
Grade 3 math202335%11.5%32.5%40%32.3%
Grade 4 math202346.5%15%45.4%52.3%41.5%
Grade 5 math202338.1%20%46.1%32.9%36.7%
Grade 6 math202330.6%15.4%28.4%34.9%26.4%
Grade 7 math202326.6%23.8%23.6%28.6%20.6%
Grade 8 math202322.2%6.7%21.7%22%20.6%
Grade 3 reading202340.1%33.3%35.9%44.3%33.5%
Grade 4 reading202344.4%33.3%37.9%54.4%36.3%
Grade 5 reading202343.3%25.7%45.6%42.1%39.4%
Grade 6 reading202339.8%42.3%37.4%41.8%34.6%
Grade 7 reading202332.8%27.3%32.9%31.8%28.8%
Grade 8 reading202336.5%23.5%35.4%36.6%33.6%
Advanced course completion202454.5%35.6%56%56.3%53.4%
Took an AP/IB course202432.9%11.8%38.8%28.5%34.6%
Took an AP/IB exam202416.1%9.1%18.1%15.1%16.4%
Passed an AP/IB exam202449.1%49.2%52.3%42.3%

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