Seadrift School, Seadrift TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Seadrift School

Seadrift School is a small pre-K through 8th-grade public school in a coastal Texas community serving roughly a couple hundred students. The enrollment is split across grades, with the largest concentration in eighth grade and modest numbers in the early years. About seven in ten students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a marker of economic hardship across the enrollment.

The student body is diverse and fairly evenly split between Hispanic and white students, with a small number of Asian and Black students and students identifying as multiracial. No data on English learners or students with individualized education programs (IEPs) was available, so parents seeking that context would need to contact the school directly.

On state assessments, Seadrift shows a mixed picture by grade and subject. In English language arts, the school performs strongest in the middle grades, particularly seventh grade where student proficiency stands notably higher, and fifth grade performs above the school's overall average. Third and fourth grades show moderate proficiency, and eighth grade falls somewhat below the school's average, though still at a respectable rate. Reading and writing, taken together, are the stronger academic area.

Mathematics presents more uneven results. Fourth grade shows notably lower proficiency in math, while eighth grade performs substantially better. Third, fifth, and seventh grades cluster in the middle range. Sixth grade also lags. This variation across grades suggests some strengths in the upper years but challenges in the elementary to early-middle transition, a pattern many schools experience.

Science testing reveals a significant soft spot: fifth graders showed no proficiency on the state science exam, a stark result that a parent may want to look into further with the school. Eighth graders performed better in science, reaching moderate proficiency. Social studies, tested only in eighth grade, shows low performance, with about a quarter of students meeting the standard.

Overall, about three-quarters of students approach the proficiency standard across all tested subjects, but only about half meet it, and just under a quarter demonstrate mastery. The school's strength lies in English language arts; its greatest area of need is in science and social studies at the tested grade levels, particularly in fifth and eighth grades.

Seadrift is part of Calhoun County ISD, which in November 2023 approved a bond for facility design, construction, renovation, and infrastructure improvements, including new school buses. This was the district's first bond election in many years, signaling a commitment to long-term facility investment that families considering a move to the area would take as a sign of planned growth and modernization.

The school's location in coastal Calhoun County positions it in a housing market where home values are below the state average but afford to income ratios suggest homeownership remains accessible to families earning around the national median income. A parent arriving to Seadrift would find housing costs moderate relative to national benchmarks, though local economic conditions and the prevalence of free and reduced-price lunch eligibility suggest the community faces economic pressures.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 348%

School 48% · District 55% · ▼ 7 pts below district

▲ 8 pts above state median

Grade 425%

School 25% · District 57% · ▼ 32 pts below district

▼ 16 pts below state median

Grade 541%

School 41% · District 59% · ▼ 18 pts below district

even with state median

Grade 634%

School 34% · District 28% · ▲ 6 pts above district

even with state median

Grade 745%

School 45% · District 13% · ▲ 32 pts above district

▲ 18 pts above state median

Grade 864%

School 64% · District 37% · ▲ 27 pts above district

▲ 22 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 357%

School 57% · district not reported

▲ 11 pts above state median

Grade 450%

School 50% · District 62% · ▼ 12 pts below district

▲ 1 pts above state median

Grade 565%

School 65% · District 73% · ▼ 8 pts below district

▲ 11 pts above state median

Grade 666%

School 66% · District 48% · ▲ 18 pts above district

▲ 14 pts above state median

Grade 775%

School 75% · District 44% · ▲ 31 pts above district

▲ 26 pts above state median

Grade 861%

School 61% · District 45% · ▲ 16 pts above district

▲ 6 pts above state median

Science

Grade 50%

School 0% · District 41% · ▼ 41 pts below district

▼ 23 pts below state median

Grade 857%

School 57% · District 37% · ▲ 20 pts above district

▲ 15 pts above state median

Social studies

Grade 826%

School 26% · District 21% · ▲ 5 pts above district

▲ 2 pts above state median

This schoolCALHOUN COUNTY 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-income50%Higher-income71%21 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income50%Higher-income50%0 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income59%Higher-income73%14 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income62%Higher-income91%29 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income67%Higher-income50%17 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income38%Higher-income71%33 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income29%Higher-income17%12 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income18%Higher-income55%37 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income53%Higher-income80%27 pp gap