Albany Jr-sr H S, Albany TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Albany Jr-sr H S

Albany Junior-Senior High School is a small rural school in Shackelford County serving grades seven through twelve with an enrollment distributed roughly evenly across those grades. The student body is predominantly white, with Hispanic students making up a smaller share of enrollment. About one-third of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, suggesting a mixed-income enrollment in a county where housing values and rents are below state benchmarks.

The school's state assessment results point to uneven academic performance across subjects. In English/language arts, students show relative strength: seventh graders demonstrated mid-range proficiency and eighth graders exceeded half meeting the standard. Math proficiency is weaker, particularly in eighth grade where the pass rate drops sharply from seventh grade. Science proficiency sits in the mid-range for eighth grade, while social studies performance in eighth grade is notably low. Across all tested grades and subjects, the school's overall proficiency index places it above the midpoint for districts within Shackelford County, though the state testing data available covers only the two middle grades.

The school serves students across a spread of academic levels. Texas assessments also report students meeting higher mastery standards in each subject; mastery rates across the school are modest, ranging from single digits to low double digits. The data on math performance warrants attention. A parent may want to look into what supports exist for students struggling with eighth-grade math, and whether the school has identified underlying instructional or skill-gap issues driving the drop from seventh grade.

The school sits in the middle of a major institutional transition. In May, Albany ISD voters approved a significant bond to consolidate the district's separate elementary, junior high, and high school facilities into a single new K-12 campus. The bond carried the maximum allowable tax increase for the district, meaning families will see a lasting property-tax impact alongside the facilities upgrade. The new campus will replace aging buildings; junior high facilities are scheduled for demolition in January. Construction is expected to take roughly two to three years. For current students, this period will bring both disruption and the promise of modernized learning spaces once the transition is complete.

State testing participation rates were not reported, so the full picture of how many students were assessed is unclear. Information on special education enrollment, English learner enrollment, staff size, and student attendance was not available. The school does not have a published graduation rate in the data, which is typical for schools that do not serve only high school grades, since they do not have a cohort to measure against the four-year completion standard.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

>=90%Cohort of 37 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 732%

School 32% · District 41% · ▼ 9 pts below district

▲ 5 pts above state median

Grade 817%

School 17% · District 17%

▼ 25 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 744%

School 44% · District 44%

▼ 5 pts below state median

Grade 851%

School 51% · District 51%

▼ 4 pts below state median

Science

Grade 837%

School 37% · District 37%

▼ 5 pts below state median

Social studies

Grade 811%

School 11% · District 11%

▼ 13 pts below state median

This schoolALBANY 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 7Lower-income25%Higher-income55%30 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income36%Higher-income58%22 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 7Lower-income17%Higher-income41%24 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income9%Higher-income21%12 pp gap