Rankin School, Rankin TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Rankin School

Rankin School is a small public school serving pre-kindergarten through grade twelve in a rural county-seat town. The school enrolls roughly three hundred students and operates as a single campus serving all grade bands under one roof, which is a common structure in rural Texas districts.

The school's academic results show mixed performance across tested grades and subjects. In English language arts, proficiency runs fairly consistently through the middle grades, with stronger results in grades five through eight where a majority of students meet or exceed state standards. Math proficiency is more uneven. Third and fourth graders show lower proficiency rates, fifth graders perform substantially better, and sixth graders dip again before rising in grades seven and eight, where math proficiency reaches its strongest point. Science results are available only for eighth grade, where proficiency is below the midpoint. Eighth-grade social studies proficiency is notably low. Across all subjects, when measured broadly, a substantial share of students reach the "approaches" level (the lowest proficiency tier), suggesting the school is reaching most students with some instruction in core content, though deeper mastery at the "meets" and "masters" levels is less common.

Among the two districts in Upton County, Rankin School's overall proficiency index places it in the top quartile for the county comparison set, meaning it performs above the median relative to other school campuses serving students in this area.

Student composition is fairly evenly split between White and Hispanic students, with a small number of students of other backgrounds. About one-third of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating moderate economic pressure on many families. Specific data on students with disabilities or English learners was not available.

Rankin sits in a compact rural setting. The town is small, built around ranching and oil-services heritage, and operates primarily as a car-oriented place. The school campus is located at the edge of the downtown rather than integrated with it. No public transit is available. Housing is predominantly owned rather than rented, reflecting the town's working-class and ranching character. Population has declined over decades from its mid-twentieth-century oil boom, though the wider Permian Basin region remains economically active in energy production.

A parent may want to look into further with the school which courses or supports are available to students in the upper grades, since state testing data at the high school level was not available, and whether there are pathways or partnerships in place for career readiness in an economy anchored on oil and gas services, ranching, and agriculture.

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Academic performance

State test results and graduation outcomes.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

>=80%Cohort of 24 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 339%

School 39% · District 39%

▼ 1 pts below state median

Grade 444%

School 44% · District 44%

▲ 3 pts above state median

Grade 567%

School 67% · district not reported

▲ 26 pts above state median

Grade 635%

School 35% · District 35%

▲ 1 pts above state median

Grade 762%

School 62% · District 62%

▲ 35 pts above state median

Grade 873%

School 73% · District 73%

▲ 31 pts above state median

English language arts

Grade 346%

School 46% · District 46%

even with state median

Grade 456%

School 56% · District 56%

▲ 7 pts above state median

Grade 572%

School 72% · District 72%

▲ 18 pts above state median

Grade 670%

School 70% · District 70%

▲ 18 pts above state median

Grade 762%

School 62% · District 62%

▲ 13 pts above state median

Grade 873%

School 73% · District 73%

▲ 18 pts above state median

Science

Grade 836%

School 36% · District 36%

▼ 6 pts below state median

Social studies

Grade 827%

School 27% · District 27%

▲ 3 pts above state median

This schoolRANKIN 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-income38%Higher-income53%15 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income38%Higher-income70%32 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income60%Higher-income77%17 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income50%Higher-income67%17 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income78%Higher-income69%9 pp gap

Mathematics

Grade 3Lower-income46%Higher-income33%13 pp gap

Grade 4Lower-income50%Higher-income40%10 pp gap

Grade 5Lower-income40%Higher-income77%37 pp gap

Grade 6Lower-income20%Higher-income46%26 pp gap

Grade 7Lower-income50%Higher-income67%17 pp gap

Grade 8Lower-income56%Higher-income85%29 pp gap