Booker T Washington Spva Magnet

Dallas Isd · Dallas County · High school

Booker T Washington Spva Magnet enrolled 970 students in 2025. In the class of 2024, 99.2% graduated in four years (Texas: 92.7%). Its four-year graduation rate sits in the top 20% of Texas campuses (2024).

Small group: only ~14 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

Booker T Washington Spva Magnet Texas
Graduation rate ’24top 8% in TX+10.2 vs TX
Booker T Washington Spva Magnet 100.0%Texas 89.8%
College/career/military ready ’24top 7% in TX+22.7 vs TX
Booker T Washington Spva Magnet 97.8%Texas 75.1%
Enrolled in a Texas college ’22bottom 17% in TX-11.3 vs TX
Booker T Washington Spva Magnet 33.3%Texas 44.6%
Took the SAT or ACT ’24top 22% in TX+16.7 vs TX
Booker T Washington Spva Magnet 97.8%Texas 81.1%
College-ready test score ’24top 14% in TX+17.3 vs TX
Booker T Washington Spva Magnet 31.8%Texas 14.5%
Algebra I proficiency ’25+38.3 vs TX
Booker T Washington Spva Magnet 64.3%Texas 26.0%
Advanced course completion ’24top 7% in TX+37.4 vs TX
Booker T Washington Spva Magnet 92.5%Texas 55.1%

The advanced pipeline

Black students at each gate, latest year. Each stage has its own denominator; the bars sit side by side, never multiplied.

Complete an advanced or dual-credit course93 in 100
of 11th-12th graders · 2024 · n = 93 · White: 97
Take an AP/IB exam68 in 100
of 11th-12th graders · 2024 · n = 93 · White: 85
Pass an AP/IB exam54 in 100
of students who took one · 2024 · n = 63 · White: 81

Outcomes

Graduation rate

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

90951002012201520182021202410090

College/career/military ready

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

406080100201720192021202320249875

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.

203040506020162018202020224533

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.

708090100201220152018202120249881

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.

204060201220152018202120243215

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.

42044046048050052054020132016201920222024college-ready benchmark475434

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.

400600800100020132016201920222024college-ready benchmark529457

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

Avg ACT math

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

16182022201320162019202220242016

Avg ACT English

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

161820222426201320162019202220242416

Avg ACT science

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

18202224201320162019202220242217

State tests (high school)

Algebra I proficiency

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

020406080201720192022202420256426

Biology proficiency

Met grade level on the Biology STAAR.

406080100201720192022202420259149

English II proficiency

Met grade level on the English II STAAR.

406080100201720192022202420258744

Advanced courses

Advanced course completion

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

406080100201420172020202320249355

Took an AP/IB course

Enrolled in at least one AP or IB course.

4060801002015201720192021202320249335

Took an AP/IB exam

Took at least one AP or IB exam.

20406080100201220152018202120246817

Passed an AP/IB exam

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

203040506070201220152018202120245436

Enrollment

Enrollment

Students enrolled.

05000010000015000020000020142017202020232025205,336197

Every measure, latest year

Latest year per measure, by student group. Dashes are groups the state masked for privacy, not zeros.
MeasureYearAllBlackHispanicWhiteLow-income
Graduation rate202499.2%100%100%97.9%100%
College/career/military ready202499.2%97.8%98.8%100%98.8%
Algebra I proficiency202566.7%64.3%76.5%58.3%65.2%
Biology proficiency202596.5%90.9%97.8%98.6%94.6%
English II proficiency202592.8%87.3%90.8%96.8%88%
Advanced course completion202494.3%92.5%92.3%96.7%93.5%
Took an AP/IB course202497.1%93.3%96.5%100%95%
Took an AP/IB exam202479.7%67.7%79.9%85.1%74.4%
Passed an AP/IB exam202467%54%57%80.5%55.2%

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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).