Zapata H S, Zapata TX - Test Scores & Data

Original Research by School Decision on Zapata H S

Zapata High School serves a high school enrollment distributed across all four grades, with a student body almost entirely composed of Hispanic students. The vast majority of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, indicating substantial economic need in the school's population.

On the most recent state testing data available, the school shows uneven performance across subjects. In mathematics, students perform notably well, with most meeting the standard and a meaningful portion achieving the advanced level. Science results are similarly strong, with high rates of students meeting the standard. English language arts is weaker; while most students reach the baseline proficiency level, fewer achieve the grade-level standard or above. Social studies falls between these poles, with solid baseline proficiency but low rates of advanced achievement.

Across all subjects combined, about half the student body meets the grade-level standard. The data spans only a single year, so trends cannot be assessed. The school operates within Zapata County, where it is the only regular public high school district entity for which data is available, making peer comparison within the county not possible.

The school's location in Zapata County places it in a community where median home values are below both the state and national average, and housing affordability by price-to-income ratio is relatively favorable compared to national standards. The local unemployment rate tracks near national levels. The vast majority of families in the school's attendance area experience economic hardship, a reality the high free-or-reduced-price lunch rate reflects and that likely shapes the school's resource constraints and student support needs.

The school's curriculum and program offerings were not detailed in available documentation. Information on graduation rates, attendance, discipline, staffing levels, and course breadth or specialized pathways was not provided, so a reader seeking those details may want to contact the school or district directly. Recent district-level initiatives or changes that might affect a high school student's experience could not be confirmed through available sources.

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Academic performance

How students graduate and prepare for what comes next.

Graduation rate (ACGR)

93.0%Cohort of 228 students · Class of 2021

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.

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.