Gainesville H S

Gainesville Isd · Cooke County · High school

Gainesville H S enrolled 875 students in 2025. In the class of 2024, 98.9% graduated in four years (Texas: 92.7%). Its four-year graduation rate sits in the top 24% of Texas campuses (2024).

Small group: only ~8 Black students in a recent year here. One student can move a rate several points. Read the shaded 95% bands, not single-year jumps.

At a glance vs. Texas

Gainesville H S Texas
Graduation rate ’24+10.2 vs TX
Gainesville H S 100.0%Texas 89.8%
College/career/military ready ’24-8.4 vs TX
Gainesville H S 66.7%Texas 75.1%
Enrolled in a Texas college ’22-8.9 vs TX
Gainesville H S 35.7%Texas 44.6%
Took the SAT or ACT ’24-47.8 vs TX
Gainesville H S 33.3%Texas 81.1%
College-ready test score ’22-15.5 vs TX
Gainesville H S 0.0%Texas 15.5%
Algebra I proficiency ’25-13.5 vs TX
Gainesville H S 12.5%Texas 26.0%
Advanced course completion ’24bottom 9% in TX-27.1 vs TX
Gainesville H S 28.0%Texas 55.1%

Outcomes

Graduation rate

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

60801002012201520182021202410090

College/career/military ready

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

020406080201720192021202320247567

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.

2040608020162018202020224536

Texas colleges only: misses out-of-state, military, and trade paths. Runs through the class of 2022.

College entrance exams

Took the SAT or ACT

Share of graduates who took a college entrance exam.

20406080100201220152018202120248133

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.

Avg SAT math

Average SAT math score among test-takers (200-800). The line at 530 is the college-ready benchmark.

40045050020132016201920222024college-ready benchmark449434

The SAT was rescaled in 2016. Never compare across the dashed line.

Avg SAT reading/writing

Average SAT reading and writing score among test-takers (200-800). The line at 480 is the college-ready benchmark.

40050060070080020132016201920222024college-ready benchmark457

The SAT was rescaled in 2016. Never compare across the dashed line.

Avg ACT math

Average ACT math score among test-takers (1-36).

141618201320162019202220241614

Avg ACT English

Average ACT English score among test-takers (1-36).

1214161820201320162019202220241614

Avg ACT science

Average ACT science score among test-takers (1-36).

141618201320162019202220241715

State tests (high school)

Algebra I proficiency

Met grade level on the Algebra I STAAR, the state test nearly every student takes.

0204060201720192022202420252613

Biology proficiency

Met grade level on the Biology STAAR.

1020304050201720192022202420254920

English II proficiency

Met grade level on the English II STAAR.

0204060201720192022202420254420

Advanced courses

Advanced course completion

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

20406080201420172020202320245528

Took an AP/IB course

Enrolled in at least one AP or IB course.

010203040201520172019202120232024358

Took an AP/IB exam

Took at least one AP or IB exam.

010203020122015201820212024174

Passed an AP/IB exam

Scored a passing 3+ on an AP exam (4+ on IB), among students who took one.

2530352012201520182021202436

Enrollment

Enrollment

Students enrolled.

05000010000015000020000020142017202020232025205,33640

Every measure, latest year

Latest year per measure, by student group. Dashes are groups the state masked for privacy, not zeros.
MeasureYearAllBlackHispanicWhiteLow-income
Graduation rate202498.9%100%99.2%96.7%100%
College/career/military ready202495%66.7%96%100%92.5%
Algebra I proficiency202517.2%12.5%13.1%28%15.4%
Biology proficiency202547.1%20%40.4%65.2%42%
English II proficiency202536.5%20%33.5%52.3%35.9%
Advanced course completion202450%28%50.6%53.8%46.5%
Took an AP/IB course202412.8%8.3%10.5%23.3%5.4%
Took an AP/IB exam20242.2%4%2.3%2.4%0.4%
Passed an AP/IB exam20240%0%

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Years are the school year the students were measured in, not the report year. Missing points mean the state masked a small group for privacy, not zero. Data: Texas Education Agency TAPR. Download this school's data (JSON).