Adrian School, Adrian TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Adrian School

Adrian School is the single school of Adrian ISD, a very small PK-through-12 campus sitting in the panhandle town of Adrian, Texas, on Interstate 40 along what was once the main stretch of Route 66. The enrollment is small even by rural Texas standards, with every grade level from pre-K through twelfth grade represented. The student body is predominantly Hispanic, with a sizable share of white students and almost no other racial or ethnic groups reported. A substantial majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which places this squarely in the economic profile typical of remote agricultural communities. Data on English learner enrollment and students served under an IEP were not available.

The town itself has been on a slow demographic decline for decades. Its economy grew originally around wheat farming and cattle ranching, and a brief commercial pulse came from Route 66 tourist traffic, but most of that highway was absorbed into Interstate 40 frontage road long ago. What remains is a compact main street with a handful of Route 66-oriented businesses, a city office, a volunteer fire department, churches, and the school. Agriculture, the school district, and highway-service and tourism businesses are the main sources of local employment. No large private employer was identified. There is no confirmed public library in Adrian. For most services and employment beyond those, residents travel east toward Amarillo.

On the state STAAR assessment, the picture is uneven and a parent should look into it carefully. In reading and language arts, a majority of students in the middle grades approach grade level, and about half or more of sixth and seventh graders meet the grade-level standard, which is a genuine relative strength. Math proficiency is weaker across the board, with most grades well below half of students meeting grade-level expectations and the third and fifth grades sitting near the floor of what the state reports. Fifth-grade science produced no students scoring at the meets-grade-level standard in the most recent data, while eighth-grade science was markedly stronger, with most students in that grade meeting the bar. Eighth-grade social studies showed no students reaching the meets standard. The overall proficiency index places Adrian School below the midpoint among districts in Oldham County on the comparison set available. Because the tested groups in each grade are very small, a single year's results can swing dramatically in either direction, and the data does not include enough prior years to show a reliable trend. That context matters when reading these numbers.

No graduation rate data was available in the record provided. No information on AP, dual-credit, or other advanced program offerings was available, and the programs section of the data was absent entirely. A parent of a high schooler would want to ask the school directly about what academic pathways exist for upperclassmen in a building this size.

Publicly reported local news indicates that Adrian ISD placed a property-tax rate proposition before voters in late 2024 that would have increased maintenance and operations revenue, affecting teacher salaries, utilities, and facility upkeep. The outcome of that vote was not confirmed in available sources, but it signals that the district is actively managing budget pressures, a relevant factor for anyone weighing a move to the area.

The housing market context for Adrian was not available in the data. The locale is rural and owner-occupied, with no evidence of new development. For a family choosing this community, the school is the only public option, there are no nearby alternatives within the town, and the nearest larger district is a meaningful drive away. The school's size means every student will be known personally by staff, class choices will be limited compared to larger districts, and peer groups across all four high school years will be small. Whether that trade-off suits a family depends entirely on what they are looking for.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

>=50%Cohort of 12 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 310%

School 10% · District 10%

▼ 30 pts below state median

Grade 467%

School 67% · District 67%

▲ 26 pts above state median

Grade 59%

School 9% · District 9%

▼ 32 pts below state median

Grade 620%

School 20% · District 20%

▼ 14 pts below state median

Grade 725%

School 25% · District 25%

▼ 2 pts below state median

Grade 820%

School 20% · District 20%

▼ 22 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 310%

School 10% · District 10%

▼ 36 pts below state median

Grade 456%

School 56% · District 56%

▲ 7 pts above state median

Grade 518%

School 18% · District 18%

▼ 36 pts below state median

Grade 653%

School 53% · District 53%

▲ 1 pts above state median

Grade 750%

School 50% · District 50%

▲ 1 pts above state median

Grade 830%

School 30% · District 30%

▼ 25 pts below state median

Science

Grade 50%

School 0% · District 0%

▼ 23 pts below state median

Grade 860%

School 60% · District 60%

▲ 18 pts above state median

Social studies

Grade 80%

School 0% · District 0%

▼ 24 pts below state median

This schoolADRIAN 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.