Alvin V Anderson Rise Academy

Tyler Isd · Smith County · High school

Alvin V Anderson Rise Academy enrolled 81 students in 2025. In the class of 2024, 93.8% graduated in four years (Texas: 92.7%). Its four-year graduation rate sits in the bottom 32% of Texas campuses (2024).

Small group: only ~6 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

Alvin V Anderson Rise Academy Texas
Graduation rate ’24top 34% in TX+6.5 vs TX
Alvin V Anderson Rise Academy 96.3%Texas 89.8%
College/career/military ready ’24top 10% in TX+21.9 vs TX
Alvin V Anderson Rise Academy 97.0%Texas 75.1%
Enrolled in a Texas college ’22bottom 1% in TX-37.5 vs TX
Alvin V Anderson Rise Academy 7.1%Texas 44.6%
Took the SAT or ACT ’24bottom 2% in TX-81.1 vs TX
Alvin V Anderson Rise Academy 0.0%Texas 81.1%
Algebra I proficiency ’24-5.7 vs TX
Alvin V Anderson Rise Academy 16.7%Texas 22.4%
Advanced course completion ’24bottom 7% in TX-33.8 vs TX
Alvin V Anderson Rise Academy 21.3%Texas 55.1%

Outcomes

Graduation rate

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

708090100201220152018202120249690

College/career/military ready

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

020406080100201720192021202320249775

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.

02040602016201820202022457

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.

02040608020122015201820212024810

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.

1015202012201520182021202415

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 benchmark434

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.

50060070080020132016201920222024college-ready benchmark457

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

State tests (high school)

Algebra I proficiency

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

0204060201720192022202420252617

Biology proficiency

Met grade level on the Biology STAAR.

0102030405020172019202220242025490

English II proficiency

Met grade level on the English II STAAR.

01020304050201720192022202420254413

Advanced courses

Advanced course completion

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

0204060201420172020202320245521

Took an AP/IB course

Enrolled in at least one AP or IB course.

0102030402015201720192021202320243515

Took an AP/IB exam

Took at least one AP or IB exam.

05101520122015201820212024170

Enrollment

Enrollment

Students enrolled.

05000010000015000020000020142017202020232025205,33630

Every measure, latest year

Latest year per measure, by student group. Dashes are groups the state masked for privacy, not zeros.
MeasureYearAllBlackHispanicWhiteLow-income
Graduation rate202493.8%96.3%93.8%94.4%95%
College/career/military ready202497.8%97%97.4%100%97.3%
Algebra I proficiency20250%0%
Biology proficiency202414.3%
English II proficiency202516.7%12.5%16.7%15.4%
Advanced course completion202412.3%21.3%4.5%11.1%14.5%
Took an AP/IB course20246.7%15.2%0%7.7%5.5%
Took an AP/IB exam20240%0%0%0%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).