Douglass School, Douglass TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Douglass School

Douglass School serves all of Douglass ISD, a rural district in western Nacogdoches County, and operates as a single PK-12 campus on one site. The community itself is small and unincorporated, centered on agriculture and residential living, with residents commuting to nearby Nacogdoches for most employment and services. The school is the civic anchor of the place.

The student body numbers in the low-to-mid hundreds, with roughly equal distribution across grades. About four in ten students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. The enrollment is mostly white, with smaller shares of Hispanic, two or more races, and Black students; Asian and Native American enrollment is minimal. Data on students receiving special education services or English language support were not available.

Reading and language arts show a pattern of solid early-grade proficiency that holds through the elementary span and into middle school. Grade three and five students meet or exceed the proficiency threshold at roughly seven in ten. Grade six students perform well, with over eight in ten meeting proficiency. Grade seven and eight show similar strength in reading, in the range of six in ten. In contrast, mathematics proficiency is uneven across the grades. Third through fifth graders meet the standard at four in ten or slightly below. Sixth grade represents a notable jump to roughly seven in ten proficient. Grade seven dips sharply to about one in six students meeting proficiency, then recovers to about six in ten in grade eight. Science results are available only for grade five and eight; in grade five roughly four in ten meet proficiency, while grade eight reaches about five in ten. Grade eight social studies proficiency sits at about five in ten.

Across all tested subjects and grades, the school's overall proficiency index places it above the midpoint among the nine districts in Nacogdoches County. No four-year graduation rate or chronic absenteeism data were available; state reporting does not provide these metrics for a single-school district of this size, and the school's own attendance data were not present in the available records.

The district recently completed a major construction project. In 2021, voters approved a bond that funded a multipurpose facility, four new labs, five additional classrooms, and a gymnasium with a competition-sized stage, all of which opened in fall 2024. This consolidation brought the entire student body under one roof for the first time. As a general obligation bond, the project creates long-term property tax implications for the district and for families in the area. Housing values in the ZIP code are below state and national benchmarks. The area is not experiencing rapid growth; enrollment has remained relatively stable, and the community itself is showing flat-to-slight-decline trends rather than new development.

For families, Douglass School offers a traditional rural K-12 pathway in a very small, tight-knit setting, with a newly upgraded physical plant. Early and middle elementary show solid reading foundations. Mathematics performance is volatile by grade, requiring families to monitor progress carefully, particularly in middle grades. The reading-math gap suggests a parent may want to look into the school's approach to math instruction and support in grades three through five and again at grade seven. With only one school and one district serving the area, school choice is not available locally, though homeschooling or commuting to a nearby district are options for families seeking alternatives.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

>=90%Cohort of 32 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 341%

School 41% · District 41%

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

Grade 438%

School 38% · District 38%

▼ 3 pts below state median · ▼ 6 pts below county median

Grade 539%

School 39% · District 39%

▼ 2 pts below state median · even with county median

Grade 668%

School 68% · District 68%

▲ 34 pts above state median

Grade 717%

School 17% · District 17%

▼ 10 pts below state median

Grade 859%

School 59% · District 59%

▲ 17 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 369%

School 69% · District 69%

▲ 23 pts above state median · ▲ 28 pts above county median

Grade 463%

School 63% · District 63%

▲ 14 pts above state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Grade 570%

School 70% · District 70%

▲ 16 pts above state median · ▲ 22 pts above county median

Grade 688%

School 88% · District 88%

▲ 36 pts above state median

Grade 759%

School 59% · District 59%

▲ 10 pts above state median

Grade 871%

School 71% · District 71%

▲ 16 pts above state median

Science

Grade 536%

School 36% · District 36%

▲ 13 pts above state median · ▲ 5 pts above county median

Grade 855%

School 55% · District 55%

▲ 13 pts above state median

Social studies

Grade 850%

School 50% · District 50%

▲ 26 pts above state median

This schoolDOUGLASS 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-income60%Higher-income76%16 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income53%Higher-income77%24 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income45%Higher-income81%36 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income75%Higher-income94%19 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income45%Higher-income67%22 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income50%Higher-income89%39 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income27%Higher-income53%26 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income26%Higher-income54%28 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income18%Higher-income52%34 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income38%Higher-income82%44 pp gap

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

Grade 8Lower-income47%Higher-income71%24 pp gap