Original Research by School Decision on Big Pasture Hs
Big Pasture High School sits in Randlett, a small, rural agricultural community in Cotton County near the Oklahoma–Texas state line. The school serves grades nine through twelve and is the high school of the Big Pasture Public Schools district, which formed through the consolidation of Devol, Randlett, and Union Valley schools. The town itself is a bedroom community where many residents commute to work in Wichita Falls, Texas, or Lawton, and the built environment is car-dependent, clustered around highway intersections. Housing in the area is relatively affordable compared to national benchmarks, with values that have been stable in recent years.
Enrollment at the high school is small, with students distributed across all four grade levels. The student body is predominantly white, with a substantial Hispanic share and small numbers of students identifying as two or more races or American Indian or Alaska Native. Data on economic disadvantage and special education identification were not available, so a parent looking to understand the share of students receiving free or reduced-price meals or the level of special education support would need to inquire directly with the school or district.
No state assessment results were reported for Big Pasture High School. Without proficiency data or a graduation rate in the available record, there is no academic performance profile to characterize. A parent or resident trying to gauge academic outcomes will find no public testing or completion numbers to work from. This gap may reflect the school’s small size or the grade band it serves, but the data does not specify the reason. It would be prudent for any family considering this school to ask the administration for current achievement data and graduation outcomes directly.
The school is not a charter and serves a general education population within a rural district. No course access information, discipline data, or staffing ratios were provided in the available material. No program offerings were listed, so it is unclear whether advanced coursework, career and technical education pathways, or dual-credit opportunities are available. A family trying to understand the breadth of academic options would need to request a course catalog or speak with the school.
The district brief turned up no parent-relevant changes to the district in recent years that cleared the four-year lasting-impact bar, so there are no recent consolidations, leadership shifts, or facility projects to report from that search. The school’s place in the community is straightforward: it is the local high school for a small, rural consolidated district, and civic and school life are tightly integrated in the compact town. Families who value a very small school environment and a rural setting will find that here, but those looking for detailed public measures of academic performance will have to seek that information directly from the school.
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