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Vernon HS

Wilbarger County · Region 09: Wichita Falls · 487 students

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Current score
79/1002025-26
Change
+10 ptssince 2021-22
Score vs similar economic context
+0.3 ptsvs 78.7 average · 2,083 rated schools serving a similar economic context
Similar economic-disadvantage rate placement
1,064 of 2,083tied with 83 others
C79

At a glance

Under TEA’s current rules, the available rating history is moving up; under the rules in force back then it scored 74 in 2021-22. The current score is level with the 78.7 average for 2,083 rated schools serving a similar economic context.

Evidence worth noticing

Strengths and momentum

Current strength

School Progress above the similar-context average

87 +7.2 pts vs 79.8

  • 87 is 7.2 points above the 79.8 average among 1,938 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
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Current strength

Student Achievement above the similar-context average

84 +9.2 pts vs 74.8

  • 84 is 9.2 points above the 74.8 average among 1,944 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
See the full measure

Current strength

Relative Performance above the similar-context average

87 +8.7 pts vs 78.3

  • 87 is 8.7 points above the 78.3 average among 1,938 schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate reporting this measure.
See the full measure

Selected positive signals, not a summary of performance. The same rules choose them on every page: only the latest one-year gain, results meaningfully better than the currently selected comparison with broad reporting, and distinctive top-three placements. Demographics, staffing and spending cannot become academic “wins.” The overall rating and the full results below remain the complete picture for this school.

Read the full rating context and placement

Vernon HS is rated C by TEA, scoring 79 out of 100 for 2025-26 — level with the 78.7 average for 2,083 rated schools serving a similar economic context. It is up 10 points since 2021-22.

Ranks 1,064th of 2,083 rated schools serving a similar economic context (tied with 83 others).

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  1. Overview
  2. Official improvement and transfer notices
  3. 5 years of ratings
  4. Where the score comes from
  5. Student outcomes
  6. After high school: the following fall
  7. Who this school serves
  8. Student counts behind the percentages
  9. Enrollment over time
  10. Discipline and removal from class
  11. Spending per student
  12. Teachers and actual class size
  13. Where this school ranks best
  14. Where this comes from

Official improvement and transfer notices

Official state and federal designations can carry support, reporting requirements or a family transfer option that a single A–F rating does not explain.

2026 federal improvement status

Comprehensive Support and Improvement

Official support label: Comprehensive Identified

Identification reason: CSI Low Performance

TEA track year 1 · Title I campus

Open the official TEA list and methodology

Schools identified for improvement

This school
Listed
Selected comparison
31.3%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,083 rated schools reporting

Schools on the PEG list

This school
Not listed
Selected comparison
5.0%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,083 rated schools reporting

Selected comparison percentages are the share of reporting schools in that group found on each dated list. They are neutral prevalence context; changing the comparison never changes this school's official status.

These are dated TEA statuses, fetched 24 August 2026; they are not added to or subtracted from this site's rating.

5 years of ratings

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Compare against
9080706050 Similar economic-disadvantage rateTexas averageVernon HS 6960698779 2021-222022-232023-242024-252025-26

2021-22 is shown under the refreshed methodology TEA adopted in 2023, so it is comparable with later years. Under the original scoring it was rated C with 74 that year.

Comparison lines follow the current rated cohort backward through time. The table gives the number in that fixed cohort that reported a score each year; it can be smaller than cohort membership.

View the yearly scores and comparisons
Rating history with comparisons
YearRatingScoreSelected comparisonSimilar economic-disadvantage rateStateTexas average
2025-26C7978.7 2,083 reporting81.3 7,646 reporting
2024-25B8778.2 2,067 reporting81.2 7,554 reporting
2023-24D6976.1 2,055 reporting78.9 7,466 reporting
2022-23D6076.6 2,029 reporting79.1 7,377 reporting
2021-22D6981.8 2,014 reporting83.7 7,283 reporting

Where the score comes from

Texas builds the overall rating from the better of Student Achievement and School Progress, weighted 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. School Progress is itself the better of Academic Growth and Relative Performance. The 60, 70, 80 and 90 rules mark the letter-grade thresholds.

  • Student Achievement84 B+9.2 vs similar economic context · 1,944 reporting
  • School Progress87 B+7.2 vs similar economic context · 1,938 reporting
  • Closing the Gaps61 D−15.0 vs similar economic context · 1,923 reporting
  • Academic Growth57 F−15.8 vs similar economic context · 1,877 reporting
  • Relative Performance87 B+8.7 vs similar economic context · 1,938 reporting
  • Vernon HS
  • Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,083 in cohort)
Domain scores
DomainScoreGradePoints to next grade
Student Achievement84B6
School Progress87B3
Closing the Gaps61D9
Academic Growth57F3
Relative Performance87B3

Closest to moving up: School Progress, 3 points below A in that domain — the nearest of the measures that count toward the overall rating.

TEA does not add the domains up. The overall score is the better of Student Achievement and School Progress at 70%, plus Closing the Gaps at 30%. For this school that better measure is School Progress (87), so Student Achievement (84) is published above but does not enter the overall score at all — gaining points there changes nothing until it passes 87.

Student outcomes

STAAR performance

All Subjects

  • Approaches grade level73%+2 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,944 reporting
  • Meets grade level37%−8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,944 reporting
  • Masters grade level8%−10 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,944 reporting
Reading3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level58%−15 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,941 reporting
  • Meets grade level36%−13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,941 reporting
  • Masters grade level6%−13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,941 reporting
Math3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level69%+1 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,933 reporting
  • Meets grade level17%−23 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,933 reporting
  • Masters grade level2%−13 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,933 reporting
Science3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level89%+19 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,787 reporting
  • Meets grade level48%+7 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,787 reporting
  • Masters grade level14%−4 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,787 reporting
Social Studies3 performance levels
  • Approaches grade level96%+25 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 873 reporting
  • Meets grade level48%+6 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 873 reporting
  • Masters grade level11%−8 vs Similar economic-disadvantage rate · 873 reporting
  • Approaches grade level
  • Meets grade level
  • Masters grade level
  • Tick: Similar economic-disadvantage rate (2,083 in cohort)

Percentage of tests at or above each level. Masters is a subset of Meets, which is a subset of Approaches. The selected-comparison tick on each bar marks the average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate — a comparison TEA does not publish.

Graduation

Four-Year
95.9%+2.0 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 404 rated schools reporting
Five-Year
97.2%+3.6 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 404 rated schools reporting
Six-Year
95.9%+3.1 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 403 rated schools reporting
Dropout Rate
0.0%−1.0 pts vs similar economic context average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 407 rated schools reporting

These measures use TEA's standard-accountability population. Each comparison average includes only schools in that population that report that specific measure; its reporting count is shown beside the average. It is an unweighted average of those reported school rates, not a pooled rate across every student in the group.

College, career and military readiness

Total credit for CCMR criteria
100.0%+13.7 pts vs similar economic context
CCMR criteria
CriterionThis school% of graduatesAveragesimilar economic contextDifferencepercentage pointsReportingselected comparison
Total credit for CCMR criteria100.0%86.3%+13.7 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 447 rated schools reporting
Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA, or earned credit for a college prep course90.6%59.1%+31.5 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 450 rated schools reporting
Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA32.3%25.8%+6.5 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 450 rated schools reporting
Met criterion score on AP/IB exam(s)1.0%11.6%−10.6 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 450 rated schools reporting
Earned college credit for a dual credit course34.4%32.6%+1.8 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 450 rated schools reporting
Earned an industry-based certification35.4%36.9%−1.5 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 450 rated schools reporting
Earned a level I or level II certificate0.0%2.4%−2.4 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 450 rated schools reporting
Earned an associate degree0.0%7.7%−7.7 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 450 rated schools reporting
Completed an OnRamps course and qualified for college credit0.0%4.6%−4.6 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 450 rated schools reporting
Graduated with completed individualized education program (IEP) and workforce readiness6.3%3.3%+3.0 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 450 rated schools reporting
Graduated under an advanced diploma plan and identified as a current special education student13.5%8.1%+5.4 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 450 rated schools reporting
Enlisted in the U.S. Armed Forces4.2%2.9%+1.3 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 450 rated schools reporting

Every row is a share of this school's graduates, and every row is a way of meeting CCMR — so on every row, a bigger share is better. Difference is this school minus the average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate, counted in percentage points: +5.0 would mean five more graduates in every hundred met that criterion here. The selected comparison is an unweighted average of the reported school percentages, not a pooled rate across all graduates in the group. Graduates may meet several criteria, so the rows do not add up to the total.

Counts in the comparison controls describe full cohort membership, not the denominator of every average. Each average uses only schools for which TEA reported that measure; metric-specific reporting counts are shown on the STAAR, graduation and CCMR rows and may vary.

After high school: the following fall

Where school graduates appeared in Texas public higher-education records the fall after graduation. This is a limited next-step measure, not an eventual college-going or completion rate.

Graduates in the report
112

Class of 2023–24

Enrolled in Texas public higher education
55

49.1% of graduates

Not found in Texas public higher-ed records
50

44.6% of graduates

Not trackable
7

Fall 2024

Graduates in the report

This school
112
Selected comparison
253.5

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 378 rated schools reporting

Enrolled in Texas public higher education

This school
55
Selected comparison
107.7

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 378 rated schools reporting

Texas-public enrollment rate

This school
49.1%
Selected comparison
42.3%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 378 rated schools reporting

+6.8 pts vs similar economic context

Not-found rate

This school
44.6%
Selected comparison
51.8%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 378 rated schools reporting

−7.2 pts vs similar economic context

Not-trackable rate

This school
6.3%
Selected comparison
5.9%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 378 rated schools reporting

+0.3 pts vs similar economic context

Most common named Texas public destinations

  1. VERNON COLLEGE (010060)27
  2. MIDWESTERN STATE UNIVERSITY (003592)12

Selected comparison counts are neutral cohort scale context. The percentages put differently sized graduating classes on the same basis, but still cover only the limited Texas-public system observed by this report.

Source: Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, high-school graduates enrolled in higher education, fetched 24 August 2026. The report covers graduates who enrolled in a Texas public college or university the following fall and includes only districts or campuses with more than 25 graduates.

“Not found” does not mean a graduate did not continue their education. It can include private or out-of-state college, work, military service, enrollment after the fall term, or another path the Texas public system does not observe.

“Not trackable” is not an outcome. THECB uses it for graduates with a non-standard identifier that could not be matched to higher-education records.

Who this school serves

Placed after the results deliberately: this is context for reading them, not an explanation of them.

Students
487
Economically disadvantaged
74.1%+0.1 pts vs similar economic context
English learners
10.3%−12.9 pts vs similar economic context
Special education
20.9%+2.1 pts vs similar economic context
Attendance
93.5%−0.2 pts vs similar economic context
Chronically absent
23.3%+4.4 pts vs similar economic context

Student demographics

Vernon HS

African American: 6.6%Hispanic: 51.1%White: 29.2%American Indian: 0.2%Asian: 6.4%Two or More Races: 6.6%
  • African American 6.6%
  • Hispanic 51.1%
  • White 29.2%
  • American Indian 0.2%
  • Asian 6.4%
  • Two or More Races 6.6%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,083 reporting for every category shown · 2,083 in full cohort

African American: 12.9%Hispanic: 60.8%White: 20.6%American Indian: 0.3%Asian: 1.9%Pacific Islander: 0.2%Two or More Races: 3.1%
  • African American 12.9%
  • Hispanic 60.8%
  • White 20.6%
  • American Indian 0.3%
  • Asian 1.9%
  • Pacific Islander 0.2%
  • Two or More Races 3.1%

Student counts behind the percentages

Context only. These counts are not rankings, comparisons, or judgments about school quality.

Students in this TEA accountability summary
487
Economically disadvantaged students
361
Emergent bilingual students
50
Special education students
102

Campus mobility · 2024–25

Mobile students
71
Students in TEA mobility denominator
536
TEA-published mobility rate
13.2%

The mobility count and rate use TEA’s separate 2024–25 campus denominator shown above, not current enrollment. This site does not recalculate a missing rate.

The first figure is TEA’s student count for this accountability summary. It is a separate publication from the fall PEIMS enrollment shown above and can differ; this site does not substitute one for the other. Counts come from TEA’s 2025-26 accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026. A reported zero is shown as 0. Small-number and complementary masks, unavailable values, and blank not-reported fields stay separate and are never estimated. TEA masking definitions.

Enrollment over time

TEA-reported student enrollment for each available school year. Enrollment growth or decline is not a measure of school quality.

TEA reported 487 students in 2025–26, a decrease of 3 (0.6%) from 2024–25.

Latest enrollment
487

2025–26

Change from 2024–25
−3

Decrease · −0.6%

Change since 2021–22
−18

Decrease · −3.6%

Enrollment in 2025–26

This school
487
Selected comparison
641.2

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,052 rated schools reporting

Student enrollment by school year for Vernon HS
School yearStudents enrolledVernon HSChange from previous school yearAverage enrollmentselected comparison
2021–22 505 First available year 658
2022–23 532 Increase of 27 (5.3%) 662.7
2023–24 481 Decrease of 51 (9.6%) 659.6
2024–25 490 Increase of 9 (1.9%) 657.3
2025–26 487 Decrease of 3 (0.6%) 641.2

The selected comparison column is the average enrollment among reporting schools in that group. It changes with the comparison control; this school's own counts do not.

Source: TEA PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. TEA reports these counts from its fall student snapshot; changes compare adjacent reported school years.

These counts show how enrollment changed, not why. Attendance-zone changes, school openings or closures, grade reconfigurations, transfers and population shifts can affect the total.

Discipline and removal from class

TEA’s annual student and action counts, kept separate and divided only by the matching full-year enrollment. These figures describe removals from instruction, not a simple safe-or-unsafe score.

Students in TEA’s all-discipline count
99

19.2% of cumulative year-end enrollment

Disciplinary actions
228

44.19 per 100 students

Cumulative year-end enrollment
516

2024–25

Share of students · 2024–25

This school
19.2%
Selected comparison
13.2%

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,574 rated schools reporting

+6.0 pts vs similar economic context

Actions per 100 students · 2024–25

This school
44.19
Selected comparison
31.8

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,684 rated schools reporting

+12.4 vs similar economic context
TEA all-discipline student and action counts by school year for Vernon HS
School yearCumulative enrollmentStudentsall disciplineStudents% of enrollmentActionsall disciplineActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
2020–21 629 89 14.2% 195 31.00 9.2% 18.3
2021–22 544 113 20.8% 216 39.71 13.0% 31
2022–23 556 88 15.8% 182 32.73 13.6% 33.3
2023–24 514 107 20.8% 265 51.56 13.5% 33.1
2024–25 516 99 19.2% 228 44.19 13.2% 31.8
See 2024–25 discipline categories
TEA discipline categories for Vernon HS in 2024–25
CategoryStudentsStudents% of enrollmentActionsActionsper 100 studentsStudentsselected comparison average %Actionsselected comparison average per 100
All discipline 99 19.2% 228 44.19 13.2% 31.8
In-school suspensions 67 13.0% 92 17.83 11.8% 23.6
Out-of-school suspensions 62 12.0% 82 15.89 7.8% 11.9
DAEP placements 49 9.5% 54 10.47 5.3% 6.3
Mandatory DAEP placements 25 4.8% 27 5.23 3.7% 4.3
Discretionary DAEP placements 26 5.0% 27 5.23 3.1% 3.6
JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary JJAEP placements Not reported — Not reported — — —
Expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Mandatory expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —
Discretionary expulsions Not reported — Not reported — — —

Selected comparisons use rates, not raw counts, so differently sized schools can be read on the same basis. Each average uses only group members for which TEA reported that rate; this school's own counts and rates remain fixed.

Students, actions and incidents are different units. One student can receive multiple actions. The categories overlap, so they must not be added together. Rates use TEA's matching cumulative year-end enrollment, not the October enrollment shown elsewhere on this page.

Source: TEA Discipline Reports, fetched 24 August 2026. Suppressed values stay unavailable rather than being estimated. Use 2020–21 cautiously because remote instruction during the pandemic changed students' exposure to in-person discipline. TEA consolidated its separate action-group reports into this product in 2024–25; this trend uses only the stable “All discipline” heading.

Spending per student

The campus and its parent district stay fixed while the selected same-sector txschools.net comparison changes with the page-wide control. TEA's own peer group and statewide reference remain visible as separately published, fixed TEA references.

$7k$22k$36k20182020202220242025
  • Vernon HS
  • Parent district: Vernon ISD
  • Texas average
  • Selected comparison: Similar economic-disadvantage rate

Spending per student · 2025

This school
$11,396
Selected comparison
$13,155

average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,065 rated schools reporting

−$1,759 vs similar economic context

For 2025, TEA reported $11,396 per student for this campus, $18,798 per student for its parent district, Vernon ISD, $18,972 per student for the Texas average.

Not reported in this TEA campus finance record: TEA peer group.

View yearly spending figures
Spending per student by year
YearVernon HSParent district: Vernon ISDTexas averageSelected comparison averageReportingselected comparison
2018$7,478$10,349$13,054$8,049 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,943 rated schools reporting
2019$7,773$11,077$13,108$8,190 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,961 rated schools reporting
2020$8,314$10,868$14,058$8,733 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,982 rated schools reporting
2021$7,557$12,340$14,797$9,279 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 1,994 rated schools reporting
2022$8,943$15,977$15,708$10,596 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,014 rated schools reporting
2023$8,779$34,706$16,792$11,191 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,029 rated schools reporting
2024$10,945$16,243$18,125$12,337 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,053 rated schools reporting
2025$11,396$18,798$18,972$13,155 average for schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,065 rated schools reporting

The selected-comparison reporting count is year-specific and can vary across the table. Dollar amounts are shown as TEA published them and are not adjusted for inflation.

Teachers and actual class size

Average salary
$68,449+$1,841 vs similar economic context
Teachers
38−5.8 vs similar economic context
Students per staff member
12.9−1.2 vs similar economic context

Teaching experience

Vernon HS

1 to 5 years: 17.8%6 to 10 years: 23.9%11 to 20 years: 22.8%21 to 30 years: 27.1%Over 30 years: 8.5%
  • 1 to 5 years 17.8%
  • 6 to 10 years 23.9%
  • 11 to 20 years 22.8%
  • 21 to 30 years 27.1%
  • Over 30 years 8.5%

Selected comparison average For schools with a similar economic-disadvantage rate · 2,083 reporting for every category shown · 2,083 in full cohort

Beginning: 6.7%1 to 5 years: 27.3%6 to 10 years: 19.1%11 to 20 years: 27.2%21 to 30 years: 15.3%Over 30 years: 3.8%
  • Beginning 6.7%
  • 1 to 5 years 27.3%
  • 6 to 10 years 19.1%
  • 11 to 20 years 27.2%
  • 21 to 30 years 15.3%
  • Over 30 years 3.8%

Average students in a class

TEA average class size by grade or subject for Vernon HS in 2024–25
Grade or subjectAverage students per classVernon HS · 2024–25Average students per classselected comparison
Secondary English1615.3
Secondary languages other than English18.318.1
Secondary math1716.3
Secondary science18.917.6
Secondary social studies16.317.5

These are TEA's actual class-size averages for the grade or subject shown, not the student-to-teacher ratio. TEA reported 5 of 12 categories for this campus; the categories are not combined into a made-up campus-wide average. Each selected comparison average uses only schools reporting that same grade or subject.

Source: TEA Texas Academic Performance Reports, fetched 24 August 2026.

Where this school ranks best

Out of 160 rankings computed across every published metric and every available comparison group, these are all the measures that meet this site’s distinctive-placement threshold. The list does not change when you change Compare against. Each measure appears once, using its strongest placement. Press Copy for a citable sentence.

#4–10 rankings

Fourth- through tenth-place results

3 measures

  • 4of 37

    Graduated with completed individualized education program (IEP) and workforce readiness

    Region 09: Wichita Falls · of the 37 that report this measure

  • 5of 54

    Social Studies — Approaches

    Region 09: Wichita Falls · of the 54 that report this measure · tied with 2

  • 6of 37

    Scored at or above the college ready standard on SAT, ACT, TSIA, or earned credit for a college prep course

    Region 09: Wichita Falls · of the 37 that report this measure

These are selected high placements, not a summary. Every figure above this section is the full picture, including where this school ranks poorly. Each measure appears once here, using its strongest qualifying placement across all available comparison groups. Very large ties are left out because they do not distinguish this school; any tie that does appear is labeled. Every ranking this site publishes, including the ones no school would put in a press release.

Where this comes from

The Texas Education Agency publishes the underlying accountability reports and data downloads. Ratings, outcomes, demographics, staffing and finance on this page come from TEA data available through txschools.gov, fetched 15 August 2026. TEA’s Reports and Data Portal links the official bulk files. Enrollment history comes from TEA's PEIMS Student Program and Special Populations reports, fetched 24 August 2026. The student-count context comes from TEA’s bulk accountability summary, fetched 29 August 2026; TEA’s masking definitions explain withheld values. The dated notice, staffing, discipline, transfer, community and postsecondary sections cite their separate TEA, Census or THECB publication in place. Every archived source carries checksums so each number stays traceable to the bytes the public agency served.

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