Kennard Isd, Kennard TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Kennard Isd

Kennard ISD serves a community of about small, rural eastern Houston County, operating a single school that enrolls students from pre-kindergarten through grade twelve. The district sits in a landscape of national forest, with the school acting as the main institutional anchor for both the school-age population and the broader town.

The school's academic performance reflects a pattern common to small rural districts: proficiency varies markedly by grade level and subject. In early elementary grades, students show stronger performance in both English language arts and math. Third-grade students reach approaching-grade-level in solid numbers in both subjects, with a majority demonstrating proficiency or better. That proficiency drops as students move through the grades. By fourth and fifth grade, fewer than half of students test at proficient levels in reading, and by sixth and seventh grades, reading proficiency continues to decline. Mathematics proficiency shows a more severe decline, falling sharply in middle grades; eighth-grade math proficiency is particularly low. Science and social studies proficiency rates are also low, with only a small portion of fifth and eighth graders meeting grade-level standards. The pattern suggests that students face growing difficulty with academic content as material becomes more abstract and complex in the middle grades.

The school serves a student population that is predominantly white, with meaningful shares of Black, Hispanic, and multiracial students. A large majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, reflecting economic need in the families the district serves. The enrollment is small across all grade levels, which creates both logistics and pedagogical considerations: class sizes are tiny, and the school manages the complexity of teaching fourteen separate grade bands under one roof with limited staff and resources.

A significant operational change went into effect a few years ago when the district moved to a four-day school week, with classes held Tuesday through Friday and Mondays off. This restructuring has reshaped family schedules and childcare planning and was publicly stated as an effort to recruit and retain teachers in a rural setting where neighboring districts have also adopted the model. Parents and families should plan for this non-traditional calendar when considering whether this school fits their logistics.

State testing data was available for grades three through eight only; no state assessment data exists for elementary pre-K through grade two or for high school grades nine through twelve, because those grade bands are not tested under the state's assessment system. A graduation rate was not available in the data provided. Relative to the other districts in Houston County, Kennard ISD's overall proficiency index places it in the upper range among its county peers, but this aggregate position masks the grade-level weakness in middle and upper grades where proficiency becomes low. A parent may want to look into further with the school how the district supports students as they move into more challenging material and what interventions or supports exist for middle-grade students, where performance data show a steeper drop.

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Academic performance

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

Math

Grade 373%

School 73% · District 73%

▲ 33 pts above state median

Grade 458%

School 58% · District 58%

▲ 17 pts above state median

Grade 543%

School 43% · District 43%

▲ 2 pts above state median

Grade 641%

School 41% · District 41%

▲ 7 pts above state median

Grade 730%

School 30% · District 30%

▲ 3 pts above state median

Grade 88%

School 8% · District 8%

▼ 34 pts below state median

English language arts

Grade 373%

School 73% · District 73%

▲ 27 pts above state median

Grade 450%

School 50% · District 50%

▲ 1 pts above state median

Grade 557%

School 57% · District 57%

▲ 3 pts above state median

Grade 650%

School 50% · District 50%

▼ 2 pts below state median

Grade 750%

School 50% · District 50%

▲ 1 pts above state median

Grade 837%

School 37% · District 37%

▼ 18 pts below state median

Science

Grade 521%

School 21% · District 21%

▼ 2 pts below state median

Grade 826%

School 26% · District 26%

▼ 16 pts below state median

Social studies

Grade 85%

School 5% · District 5%

▼ 19 pts below state median

This schoolKENNARD 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-income75%Higher-income70%5 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income57%Higher-income40%17 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income50%Higher-income67%17 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income40%Higher-income53%13 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income33%Higher-income40%7 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income83%Higher-income60%23 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income57%Higher-income60%3 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income38%Higher-income50%12 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income0%Higher-income40%40 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income13%Higher-income0%13 pp gap