Gilmer Isd

5 campuses · Upshur County

Gilmer Isd enrolled 893 students across 5 campuses in 2025. In the class of 2024, 90.6% graduated in four years (Texas: 92.7%).

At a glance vs. Texas

Gilmer Isd Texas
Graduation rate ’20+6.7 vs TX
Gilmer Isd 96.3%Texas 89.6%
College/career/military ready ’20-11.8 vs TX
Gilmer Isd 35.7%Texas 47.5%
Enrolled in a Texas college ’20+6.0 vs TX
Gilmer Isd 50.0%Texas 44.0%
Took the SAT or ACT ’20-4.4 vs TX
Gilmer Isd 75.0%Texas 79.4%
College-ready test score ’16-3.7 vs TX
Gilmer Isd 4.0%Texas 7.7%
Algebra I proficiency ’22+33.6 vs TX
Gilmer Isd 56.0%Texas 22.4%
Advanced course completion ’24+16.3 vs TX
Gilmer Isd 71.4%Texas 55.1%

Graduation rate

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

60708090100201220152018202120249690

College/career/military ready

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

204060802017201920212023202476

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.

40608020162018202020227145

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.

406080100201220152018202120248167

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.

0102030405020122015201820212024150

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.

20406080201720192022202420253526

Advanced course completion

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

20406080201420172020202320247155

Took an AP/IB exam

Took at least one AP or IB exam.

01020304020122015201820212024177

Every measure, latest year

Latest year per measure, by student group. Dashes are groups the state masked for privacy, not zeros.
MeasureYearAllBlackHispanicWhiteLow-income
Graduation rate202490.6%95.5%97.8%87.1%88.4%
College/career/military ready202486.4%76.2%91.3%85.8%82.3%
Algebra I proficiency202568.1%34.8%74.5%70.5%66.7%
Biology proficiency202573.8%47.6%55.8%85.7%67.4%
English II proficiency202561.4%44.8%51.8%71%57%
Grade 3 math202359.2%38.5%48.5%65.2%50.7%
Grade 4 math202347%37%35.9%53.1%41.5%
Grade 5 math202360.4%55.6%52.2%64.3%54.2%
Grade 6 math202349.4%50%41.3%51%44.7%
Grade 7 math202347.3%46.2%34.7%50.5%42.5%
Grade 8 math202343.5%44.4%47.8%46.3%38.4%
Grade 3 reading202352.6%50%33.3%55.7%48.2%
Grade 4 reading202344.8%29.6%28.2%54.2%42.3%
Grade 5 reading202364.1%47.4%58.7%67.9%57.8%
Grade 6 reading202363.9%50%54.3%67.3%58.3%
Grade 7 reading202351.5%57.1%42.9%54.3%46.4%
Grade 8 reading202365.2%60%63.8%69.7%58.4%
Advanced course completion202479.2%71.4%88.2%77.7%78.5%
Took an AP/IB course202439.6%33.3%39.6%40.2%34.4%
Took an AP/IB exam202423.9%7.1%31.3%24.5%20.2%
Passed an AP/IB exam202443.6%24%53.4%34.5%

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