Carthage Isd

5 campuses · Panola County

Carthage Isd enrolled 785 students across 5 campuses in 2025. In the class of 2024, 94.3% graduated in four years (Texas: 92.7%).

At a glance vs. Texas

Carthage Isd Texas
Graduation rate ’24+7.9 vs TX
Carthage Isd 97.7%Texas 89.8%
College/career/military ready ’24-25.1 vs TX
Carthage Isd 50.0%Texas 75.1%
Enrolled in a Texas college ’22-3.1 vs TX
Carthage Isd 41.5%Texas 44.6%
Took the SAT or ACT ’24-53.8 vs TX
Carthage Isd 27.3%Texas 81.1%
College-ready test score ’20-11.4 vs TX
Carthage Isd 7.7%Texas 19.1%
Algebra I proficiency ’25+14.6 vs TX
Carthage Isd 40.6%Texas 26.0%
Advanced course completion ’24-16.1 vs TX
Carthage Isd 39.0%Texas 55.1%

32 of 44 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.

708090100201220152018202120249890

College/career/military ready

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

20406080100201720192021202320247550

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.

406080201620182020202245

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.

20406080201220152018202120248127

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.

01020304020122015201820212024150

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.

203040506070201720192022202420254126

Advanced course completion

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

102030405060201420172020202320245539

Took an AP/IB exam

Took at least one AP or IB exam.

0510152020122015201820212024176

Every measure, latest year

Latest year per measure, by student group. Dashes are groups the state masked for privacy, not zeros.
MeasureYearAllBlackHispanicWhiteLow-income
Graduation rate202494.3%97.7%97.6%91.8%95.5%
College/career/military ready202462.7%50%56.5%73.6%58%
Algebra I proficiency202550.6%40.6%45.2%56.8%47.3%
Biology proficiency202578%67.6%70.7%83.3%73.6%
English II proficiency202563.3%49%53.3%75.2%52.9%
Grade 3 math202348.2%31.3%43.6%56.8%38.5%
Grade 4 math202342.2%25%40%50%33%
Grade 5 math202333.3%24.2%36.8%36.9%22.8%
Grade 6 math202342.3%25%33.3%50.9%32.6%
Grade 7 math202350.8%31.6%42.9%61.2%39.6%
Grade 8 math202360.2%44.4%50%69.9%53.5%
Grade 3 reading202359.6%45.5%59%63.6%51.4%
Grade 4 reading202338.5%24.1%40%45.2%25.7%
Grade 5 reading202340.8%27.3%44.7%43.8%31.6%
Grade 6 reading202346.9%28.6%18.2%60.2%33.7%
Grade 7 reading202358.6%39.5%45.7%68%46.5%
Grade 8 reading202352%34%35.7%66.3%43.2%
Advanced course completion202450.8%39%48.1%57.5%42.2%
Took an AP/IB course202429.2%13.6%17.4%46%20.5%
Took an AP/IB exam202416.7%6.1%18.4%21%13.4%
Passed an AP/IB exam202449.2%42.9%52.6%39.1%

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