Woodson Center For Excellence

Abilene Isd · Taylor County · K-12

Woodson Center For Excellence enrolled 106 students in 2025. In the class of 2024, 97.6% graduated in four years (Texas: 92.7%). Its four-year graduation rate sits in the top 39% 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

Woodson Center For Excellence Texas
Graduation rate ’24top 34% in TX+6.5 vs TX
Woodson Center For Excellence 96.3%Texas 89.8%
College/career/military ready ’24bottom 4% in TX-40.8 vs TX
Woodson Center For Excellence 34.3%Texas 75.1%
Enrolled in a Texas college ’22bottom 4% in TX-31.3 vs TX
Woodson Center For Excellence 13.3%Texas 44.6%
Took the SAT or ACT ’24bottom 4% in TX-78.2 vs TX
Woodson Center For Excellence 2.9%Texas 81.1%
Algebra I proficiency ’25-26.0 vs TX
Woodson Center For Excellence 0.0%Texas 26.0%
Advanced course completion ’24bottom 20% in TX-12.6 vs TX
Woodson Center For Excellence 42.5%Texas 55.1%

Outcomes

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.

020406080201720192021202320247534

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.

0102030405020162018202020224513

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.

02040608020122015201820212024813

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 ACT math

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

1415161718201320162019202220241614

Avg ACT English

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

10121416201320162019202220241610

Avg ACT science

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

12141618201320162019202220241716

State tests (high school)

Algebra I proficiency

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

01020304020172019202220242025260

Biology proficiency

Met grade level on the Biology STAAR.

4042444648502017201920222024202549

English II proficiency

Met grade level on the English II STAAR.

0204060201720192022202420254411

Advanced courses

Advanced course completion

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

020406080201420172020202320245543

Took an AP/IB course

Enrolled in at least one AP or IB course.

010203040201520172019202120232024353

Took an AP/IB exam

Took at least one AP or IB exam.

010203020122015201820212024170

Enrollment

Enrollment

Students enrolled.

05000010000015000020000020142017202020232025205,33624

Every measure, latest year

Latest year per measure, by student group. Dashes are groups the state masked for privacy, not zeros.
MeasureYearAllBlackHispanicWhiteLow-income
Graduation rate202497.6%96.3%97.6%100%99.2%
College/career/military ready202435.4%34.3%32.9%40%36.6%
Algebra I proficiency20255%0%0%14.3%0%
Biology proficiency20259.1%12.5%
English II proficiency202514.7%11.1%13.3%20%9.1%
Advanced course completion202437.6%42.5%37.3%39%34.5%
Took an AP/IB course20243.1%2.9%3.8%0%4.1%
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).