Abbott School, Abbott TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Abbott School

Abbott School is a small, PreK-12 campus serving a quiet rural town in south-central Hill County, about halfway between Oklahoma and the Houston metro area. The school building sits at the center of a community of a few hundred people with a farming heritage and a tight-knit identity tied to the region's railroad past and local cultural markers. This is a genuinely one-school-per-town setup, where the building itself functions as a civic anchor.

The school enrolls a modest number of students across all grades in a single facility. The student body is predominantly white, with a meaningful Hispanic population and a small number of Black and multiracial students. About a third of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a typical figure for rural Texas districts. No data was available on the share of students with IEPs or English learner status.

On state testing in the most recent year, Abbott's overall proficiency sits in the top quartile among Hill County districts, meaning students here are performing above the median for the county. The pattern across subjects reveals a real split. English language arts is a strength. Students in grades three through eight show proficiency at or above the midpoint in that subject, with particular strength in grades four and five. Math proficiency runs lower and more uneven, ranging from the mid-40s to the upper 50s across tested grades, with a notable dip in grade eight. Science proficiency in grade five is quite low, but students improve substantially by grade eight. Social studies, tested only in grade eight, shows about half of students meeting the state standard. In the aggregate, most students reach the lowest performance level ("approaches"), about six in ten reach the standard ("meets"), and about a quarter achieve the advanced level ("masters"). That distribution reflects a school where core instruction is reaching most students but where strong proficiency, especially in math and science, remains uneven.

The recent district landscape has brought concrete change. A bond measure called in early 2025 funded agricultural facilities, auditorium work, a multipurpose gym, safety and security upgrades including fencing and lighting, and transportation purchases, all leveraging solar project property-tax revenue with no net increase to resident property tax bills. That represents a significant infrastructure lift for a very small district. Additionally, a statewide property-tax change increased the homestead exemption for school district taxes, lowering the effective school-tax portion of property bills for homeowners in the area.

Abbott School is the only school in its district, so there is no choice within the system. The school offers a comprehensive PreK-12 pathway in one building, which creates both efficiency and inevitably some complexity in operating mixed-age spaces under a single roof. A parent considering this school should expect a rural, intimate peer environment with limited diversity and a school culture woven into the fabric of a very small community. For families seeking tight community connection, a place where teachers and administrators know every student across grade bands, and who are drawn to living in a town with character and agricultural roots, this is a natural fit. Families prioritizing a wide range of advanced programs, high-achieving peer competition, or school choice would likely look elsewhere. The academic profile suggests solid ground in language arts and a school working to strengthen math and science, which a parent may want to discuss directly with administration to understand instructional focus and support.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

>=80%Cohort of 18 students · Class of 2021

The federal source publishes a banded range instead of an exact rate when the graduating cohort is small enough that an exact number could risk identifying individual students.

How this school compares to all schools in this state

Each dot is one school’s SY 2020-21 graduation rate, binned by integer rate. Taller columns mean more schools at that rate. This school is highlighted.

1,779 schools plotted. 59 additional schools' rates are federally suppressed and not shown. Data: EDFacts SY 2020-21.

Math

Grade 347%

School 47% · District 47%

▲ 7 pts above state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Grade 457%

School 57% · District 57%

▲ 16 pts above state median

Grade 550%

School 50% · District 50%

▲ 9 pts above state median · ▲ 24 pts above county median

Grade 650%

School 50% · District 50%

▲ 16 pts above state median · ▲ 21 pts above county median

Grade 748%

School 48% · District 48%

▲ 21 pts above state median · ▲ 6 pts above county median

Grade 841%

School 41% · District 41%

▼ 1 pts below state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

English language arts

Grade 359%

School 59% · District 59%

▲ 13 pts above state median · ▲ 11 pts above county median

Grade 474%

School 74% · District 74%

▲ 25 pts above state median · ▲ 29 pts above county median

Grade 585%

School 85% · District 85%

▲ 31 pts above state median · ▲ 33 pts above county median

Grade 681%

School 81% · District 81%

▲ 29 pts above state median · ▲ 24 pts above county median

Grade 757%

School 57% · District 57%

▲ 8 pts above state median · ▲ 1 pts above county median

Grade 855%

School 55% · District 55%

even with state median · ▼ 1 pts below county median

Science

Grade 525%

School 25% · District 25%

▲ 2 pts above state median · ▲ 8 pts above county median

Grade 859%

School 59% · District 59%

▲ 17 pts above state median · ▲ 26 pts above county median

Social studies

Grade 845%

School 45% · District 45%

▲ 21 pts above state median · ▲ 25 pts above county median

This schoolABBOTT ISD, 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-income29%Higher-income80%51 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income40%Higher-income83%43 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income75%Higher-income92%17 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income63%Higher-income100%37 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income50%Higher-income71%21 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income44%Higher-income62%18 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income29%Higher-income60%31 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income20%Higher-income67%47 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income13%Higher-income75%62 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income38%Higher-income63%25 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income36%Higher-income71%35 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income11%Higher-income62%51 pp gap