Seguin Campus, Seguin TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Seguin Campus

Seguin Campus is a charter school operated by Southwest Preparatory School, sitting on East Walnut Street in Seguin, Texas. It serves students from pre-kindergarten through twelfth grade, making it one of the relatively rare charter settings that spans the full K-12 range in a single campus. Enrollment is small, with only a handful of students reaching the upper high school grades, a pattern worth understanding before enrolling.

The school draws a student body that is roughly split between Hispanic and white students, with smaller shares of Black and multiracial students. A clear majority qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which places this campus among schools serving a substantial economically disadvantaged population. Data on English learner or special education populations were not available in the records reviewed.

On the Texas STAAR assessment, the academic picture is uneven and warrants a candid look. Math proficiency is low across every tested grade, with most grade levels reaching only a small fraction of students at the "meets grade level" standard or above. ELA tells a more differentiated story: scores in the upper elementary and middle grades climb noticeably, and the eighth grade ELA result approaches more than half of tested students reaching proficiency, a relative strength worth noting. Science and social studies results at the tested grades are also low. Across all subjects combined, the school sits in the bottom quartile relative to districts in Guadalupe County, a comparison set that includes four districts. The "approaches grade level" rate across subjects is higher than the "meets" figures suggest, meaning more students are reaching the baseline than full proficiency, but the gap between approaching and actually meeting grade level is wide in math especially. A parent considering this school for academic preparation, particularly in math, may want to ask the school directly about its intervention supports and what trajectory looks like for students in the upper grades. Multi-year trend data was not available, so it is not possible to say whether results are improving.

Program offerings, course access, and advanced coursework information were not available in the data provided. For a school listing grades through twelfth, the absence of any visible AP, dual credit, or career pathway information is a gap worth raising directly with the campus.

Seguin itself is changing quickly. Publicly reported estimates place it among the fastest-growing cities in the country, driven in part by its location between San Antonio and Austin, proximity to the Tesla Gigafactory east of Austin, and a substantial manufacturing base anchored by employers like Caterpillar, Tyson Foods, Georgia Pacific, and Schaeffler. The downtown is built around the Guadalupe County Courthouse square, with limestone commercial buildings and civic spaces, and the recently completed Walnut Springs Trail connects the library, Texas Lutheran University, and Max Starcke Park along a paved path. The housing market here is slightly below the Texas statewide median home value and has edged down modestly over the past year. Rents have moved slightly upward. The area is auto-dependent outside the downtown core, though the Connect Seguin Loop provides a fixed-route bus on weekday daytime hours.

The school's charter status means enrollment is a choice rather than a default, and the small high school cohort is a structural reality families with older children should weigh. The academic results, particularly in math, are areas where a parent would benefit from a direct conversation with campus leadership about what support systems are in place and what outcomes look like for graduates.

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Academic performance

How students perform on state tests, by grade, set against the district.

Math

Grade 39%

School 9% · district not reported

▼ 31 pts below state median · ▼ 27 pts below county median

Grade 49%

School 9% · District 14% · ▼ 5 pts below district

▼ 32 pts below state median · ▼ 26 pts below county median

Grade 518%

School 18% · district not reported

▼ 23 pts below state median · ▼ 19 pts below county median

Grade 621%

School 21% · District 9% · ▲ 12 pts above district

▼ 13 pts below state median · ▼ 10 pts below county median

Grade 711%

School 11% · District 9% · ▲ 2 pts above district

▼ 16 pts below state median

Grade 819%

School 19% · District 18% · ▲ 1 pts above district

▼ 23 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 318%

School 18% · District 20% · ▼ 2 pts below district

▼ 28 pts below state median · ▼ 24 pts below county median

Grade 426%

School 26% · District 26%

▼ 23 pts below state median · ▼ 27 pts below county median

Grade 536%

School 36% · district not reported

▼ 18 pts below state median · ▼ 18 pts below county median

Grade 653%

School 53% · District 44% · ▲ 9 pts above district

▲ 1 pts above state median · ▼ 2 pts below county median

Grade 739%

School 39% · District 26% · ▲ 13 pts above district

▼ 10 pts below state median

Grade 857%

School 57% · District 42% · ▲ 15 pts above district

▲ 2 pts above state median

Science

Grade 59%

School 9% · district not reported

▼ 14 pts below state median · ▼ 14 pts below county median

Social studies

Grade 814%

School 14% · District 11% · ▲ 3 pts above district

▼ 10 pts below state median

This schoolSOUTHWEST PREPARATORY SCHOOL, same grade

Graduation rate (ACGR) reflects the federally published Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate for the most recent year available. We refresh this data annually at the close of each academic year in June. The federal source publishes a banded rate (for example, "90-94%") instead of an exact number for cohorts small enough to risk identifying individual students. The state distribution chart, where shown, plots every school in the state with a published rate or band; schools whose rate is federally suppressed are excluded. Where the federal source publishes a band rather than an exact rate, the school is placed within its band using a stable, ID-derived offset, so its position is consistent across visits.

Proficiency by household income

English language arts

Grade 3Lower-income13%Higher-income29%16 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income23%Higher-income31%8 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income25%Higher-income50%25 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income55%Higher-income50%5 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income27%Higher-income57%30 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income46%Higher-income75%29 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income7%Higher-income14%7 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income10%Higher-income8%2 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income17%Higher-income20%3 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income9%Higher-income38%29 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income0%Higher-income29%29 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income15%Higher-income25%10 pp gap