Rockdale High School

Summary:

Rockdale High School is a public high school in Rockdale, Texas, serving 464 students in grades 9-12. The school is part of the Rockdale Independent School District, which is ranked 648 out of 968 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Rockdale High School faces several academic challenges compared to nearby schools. The school has consistently underperformed on STAAR End-of-Course exams, with only 16.33% of students proficient or better in Algebra I, compared to 27.64% for the district and 44.73% for the state. The school's graduation rate, while improving, is still lower than the 100% rate achieved by Thrall High School. Additionally, Rockdale High School has a higher dropout rate of 1.5% compared to 0.4% at Thrall High School.

One key factor contributing to Rockdale High School's challenges is its high percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with 58.19% receiving free or reduced-price lunch, significantly higher than the 28.74% at Thrall High School and 31.98% at Lexington High School. The school's leadership and the Rockdale Independent School District should closely examine these disparities and develop targeted strategies to improve student outcomes and close the achievement gap.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 500 Childress
       Rockdale, TX  76567


(512) 430-6140

District: Rockdale Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
1178th of 1,987 Texas High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $14,230 Help


Feeder schools for Rockdale High School:

Elementary:    Rockdale Elementary
    Rockdale Intermediate
Middle:    Rockdale J H

Student/teacher ratio:  11.6 Help
Number of students:  464

Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
48.1%
White:
37.1%
African American:
11.6%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  58.2% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Rockdale High School ranks worse than 59.3% of high schools in Texas. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 39.81. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Rockdale High School who earn a standard high school diploma within four years of starting ninth grade.
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The high school dropout rate measures the percentage of students who do not complete their high school education.
Student Body
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Compare Details Racial makeup is: Hispanic (48.1%), White (37.1%), African American (11.6%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 58.2% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Rockdale High School is 11.6. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Rockdale High School is $14,230.
Schooldigger Rankings:

Rockdale High School was not ranked this year due to insufficient test score data.
SchoolDigger ranks Rockdale High School 1178th of 1987 Texas public high schools. (See Rockdale High School in the ranking list.)

Rockdale Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Rockdale Independent School District (Isd) 648th of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)

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Rank History for Rockdale High School

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Rank History for all students at Rockdale High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 65.90 488th 1427 65.8%
2005 57.58 706th 1429 50.6%
2006 60.51 656th 1430 54.1%
2007 64.19 578th 1497 61.4%
2008 61.79 632nd 1510 58.1%
2009 62.34 645th 1539 58.1%
2010 50.30 1030th 1568 34.3%
2011 50.23 1087th 1672 35.0%
2012 28.12 1307th 1603 18.5%
2013 34.04 1222nd 1652 26.0%
2014 34.99 1254th 1734 27.7%
2015 52.16 923rd 1743 47.0%
2016 51.22 930th 1762 47.2%
2017 42.36 941st 1777 47.0%
2018 37.38 1107th 1797 38.4%
2019 47.12 935th 1857 49.6%
2021 43.83 1040th 1861 44.1%
2022 38.54 1154th 1876 38.5%
2023 38.19 1213th 1961 38.1%
2024 39.81 1178th 1987 40.7%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Rockdale High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 15.53 1110th 1113 0.3%
2019 27.20 872nd 1136 23.2%
2022 17.48 1143rd 1278 10.6%
2023 13.52 1260th 1371 8.1%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Rockdale High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 38.31 761st 1347 43.5%
2019 33.62 919th 1357 32.3%
2021 17.48 1320th 1382 4.5%
2022 19.51 1306th 1418 7.9%
2023 26.42 1187th 1478 19.7%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Rockdale High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 34.49 1234th 1794 31.2%
2019 46.70 903rd 1818 50.3%
2021 43.08 1022nd 1848 44.7%
2022 34.08 1230th 1847 33.4%
2023 32.70 1299th 1897 31.5%
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Rank History for Female students at Rockdale High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 28.34 1372nd 1781 23.0%
2019 48.53 935th 1798 48.0%
2021 43.67 1030th 1815 43.3%
2022 35.00 1212th 1841 34.2%
2023 35.79 1233rd 1891 34.8%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Rockdale High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 70.97 307th 1137 73.0%
2019 71.01 141st 1145 87.7%
2021 46.80 833rd 1177 29.2%
2022 71.44 256th 1172 78.2%
2023 56.77 704th 1182 40.4%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Rockdale High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 40.41 983rd 1784 44.9%
2019 52.72 646th 1810 64.3%
2021 36.88 1112th 1829 39.2%
2022 27.91 1362nd 1837 25.9%
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Rank History for Male students at Rockdale High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 43.15 966th 1803 46.4%
2019 41.37 1039th 1824 43.0%
2021 41.67 1020th 1840 44.6%
2022 38.88 1080th 1853 41.7%
2023 38.64 1144th 1913 40.2%
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Rank History for African American students at Rockdale High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 21.94 816th 1013 19.4%
2019 40.76 554th 1024 45.9%
2021 32.47 650th 1020 36.3%
2022 30.38 686th 1031 33.5%
2023 50.77 419th 1069 60.8%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Rockdale High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.29 1191st 1691 29.6%
2019 42.49 969th 1714 43.5%
2021 44.10 925th 1743 46.9%
2022 34.70 1138th 1762 35.4%
2023 35.47 1166th 1820 35.9%
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Rank History for White students at Rockdale High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 40.80 982nd 1539 36.2%
2019 48.64 778th 1526 49.0%
2021 39.94 959th 1510 36.5%
2022 41.20 903rd 1525 40.8%
2023 27.64 1195th 1576 24.2%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Data source: Texas Education Agency

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Reviews:
by a parent
Friday, June 5, 2015

Open Quote Very low-performing. Common to see students not held to high standards, and a number of teachers quit this year because of the new principal, reported to tell them all in a meeting to pass students if failure rates too high. Problem is the late policy became up to a week late for a 70 and few took advantage of that. Why not? Why blame teachers when students have a longer time to do work and still pass? Also, several students saw classmates not removed from classes from causing trouble (like last year) and allowed back in after a brief "talk," which did not help them. Discipline is going downhill, and it's gotten worse just this year. My students saw regular cheating, and in a few cases, those cheaters were allowed to redo work for a 70 when the policy is a 0? This sends the wrong message to students like mine that turn in their work on time for full credit yet others wait or even cheat and still get a 70 possibly? Why should I have to encourage my students to keep working hard when the school principal should maintain standards and support the teachers? It saddens me to see this school going the wrong direction fast, and discipline going away. With my students seeing their classmates joking about "not really getting in trouble" anymore, something different must be done before this school becomes a total joke to all. Close Quote



Enrollment information for Rockdale High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 369 90 1 91 0 n/a n/a 0 551
1990 378 98 0 92 0 n/a n/a 0 568
1991 355 101 0 85 0 n/a n/a 0 541
1992 356 98 0 86 0 n/a n/a 0 540
1993 356 111 0 101 0 n/a n/a 0 568
1994 376 99 0 98 0 n/a n/a 0 573
1995 363 71 1 105 0 n/a n/a 0 540
1996 363 71 1 105 0 n/a n/a 0 540
1997 357 71 1 111 0 n/a n/a 0 540
1998 344 74 2 120 0 n/a n/a 0 540
1999 322 71 2 131 0 n/a n/a 0 526
2000 333 69 1 138 0 n/a n/a 0 541
2001 307 70 1 135 1 n/a n/a 0 514
2002 347 60 3 155 0 n/a n/a 0 565
2003 347 60 3 155 0 n/a n/a 0 565
2004 322 64 3 139 0 n/a n/a 0 528
2005 327 69 3 127 1 n/a n/a 0 527
2006 319 62 2 141 2 n/a n/a 0 526
2007 318 65 1 122 2 n/a n/a 0 508
2008 329 71 1 139 2 n/a n/a 0 542
2009 308 72 0 148 1 n/a n/a 0 529
2010 289 79 2 165 0 n/a n/a 0 535
2011 262 71 2 174 3 0 8 0 520
2012 231 62 2 171 2 0 7 0 475
2013 212 62 3 162 0 0 7 0 446
2014 205 64 4 165 0 0 12 0 450
2015 215 53 0 181 1 0 6 0 456
2016 209 44 1 165 1 0 7 0 427
2017 195 40 1 181 0 0 9 0 426
2018 206 46 1 193 0 0 7 0 453
2019 190 41 1 191 1 1 9 0 434
2020 174 39 1 218 1 1 9 0 443
2021 154 53 1 213 1 1 8 0 431
2022 147 50 4 212 1 1 6 0 421
2023 172 54 5 223 0 1 9 0 464

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Enrollment/Ethnicity

For more information about how the Department of Education defines ethnicity, see Defining Race and Ethnicity Data, National Center for Education Statistics

Students eligible for free or discounted lunch at Rockdale High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 551 n/a n/a n/a
1990 568 31.0 18.3 n/a
1991 541 31.4 17.2 n/a
1992 540 30.4 17.7 26.3
1993 568 32.0 17.8 23.8
1994 573 31.2 18.4 27.4
1995 540 32.5 16.6 21.9
1996 540 32.5 16.6 21.9
1997 540 32.5 16.6 22.8
1998 540 32.5 16.6 24.6
1999 526 33.7 15.6 26
2000 541 33.5 16.1 26.4
2001 514 34.1 15.1 30.7
2002 565 34.7 16.3 36.3
2003 565 34.7 16.3 36.3
2004 528 36.6 14.4 39.8
2005 527 36.9 14.3 35.5
2006 526 37.6 14.0 41.8
2007 508 37.7 13.5 41.1
2008 542 37.6 14.4 38.9
2009 529 34.0 15.5 37.2
2010 535 34.9 15.2 56.3
2011 520 34.4 15.1 58.1
2012 475 35.4 13.4 59.8
2013 446 33.3 13.3 54.9
2014 450 35.6 12.6 53.3
2015 456 36.0 12.6 60.1
2016 427 36.0 11.8 53.6
2017 426 36.3 11.7 58.2
2018 453 35.5 12.7 59.8
2019 434 39.1 11.0 64.5
2020 443 38.5 11.4 62.1
2021 431 38.5 11.1 59.9
2022 421 39.1 10.7 60.8
2023 464 39.7 11.6 58.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Students eligible for discounted/free lunch:

The National School Lunch Program (NSLP) provides low-cost or free meals to students in U.S. public and nonprofit private schools based on household income. Those with incomes below 130% of the poverty line receive free lunch, while those between 130% and 185% qualify for reduced-price lunch. The percentage of students receiving free or reduced-price lunch serves as a marker for poverty, as it reflects the socioeconomic status of families in a given school or district. A higher FRPL rate typically indicates a higher concentration of low-income families, suggesting that the school or district may face additional challenges in providing adequate resources and support for student success.

Student/Teacher Ratio Rockdale High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 551 n/a n/a n/a
1990 568 31.0 18.3 n/a
1991 541 31.4 17.2 n/a
1992 540 30.4 17.7 26.3
1993 568 32.0 17.8 23.8
1994 573 31.2 18.4 27.4
1995 540 32.5 16.6 21.9
1996 540 32.5 16.6 21.9
1997 540 32.5 16.6 22.8
1998 540 32.5 16.6 24.6
1999 526 33.7 15.6 26
2000 541 33.5 16.1 26.4
2001 514 34.1 15.1 30.7
2002 565 34.7 16.3 36.3
2003 565 34.7 16.3 36.3
2004 528 36.6 14.4 39.8
2005 527 36.9 14.3 35.5
2006 526 37.6 14.0 41.8
2007 508 37.7 13.5 41.1
2008 542 37.6 14.4 38.9
2009 529 34.0 15.5 37.2
2010 535 34.9 15.2 56.3
2011 520 34.4 15.1 58.1
2012 475 35.4 13.4 59.8
2013 446 33.3 13.3 54.9
2014 450 35.6 12.6 53.3
2015 456 36.0 12.6 60.1
2016 427 36.0 11.8 53.6
2017 426 36.3 11.7 58.2
2018 453 35.5 12.7 59.8
2019 434 39.1 11.0 64.5
2020 443 38.5 11.4 62.1
2021 431 38.5 11.1 59.9
2022 421 39.1 10.7 60.8
2023 464 39.7 11.6 58.2

Data source: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Dept of Education.

About Student-Teacher Ratio

Student/teacher ratio is calculated by dividing the total number of students by the total number of full-time equivalent teachers. Please note that a smaller student/teacher ratio does not necessarily translate to smaller class size. In some instances, schools hire teachers part time, and some teachers are hired for specialized instruction with very small class sizes. These and other factors contribute to the student/teacher ratio. Note: For private schools, Student/teacher ratio may not include Pre-Kindergarten.
Finances

Per Pupil Expenditures for Rockdale High School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $2,133 (16.3%) $10,966 (83.7%) $13,099
2020 $2,000 (14.6%) $11,739 (85.4%) $13,739
2021 $1,934 (13.6%) $12,295 (86.4%) $14,230

Data source: Texas Department of Education
Pre and Post Pandemic Data

Impact of COVID-19 on Rockdale High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 935th of 1857 High schoolsRanks 1213th of 1961 High schools
 11.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
End of Course Algebra I (Rockdale High School)3915
 24%
   End of Course Algebra I (Rockdale Independent School District (Isd))5729
 28%
   End of Course Algebra I (Texas)6245
 17%
End of Course Biology (Rockdale High School)5346
 7%
   End of Course Biology (Rockdale Independent School District (Isd))5346
 7%
   End of Course Biology (Texas)6357
 6%
End of Course English I Reading (Rockdale High School)5056
 6%
   End of Course English I Reading (Rockdale Independent School District (Isd))5056
 6%
   End of Course English I Reading (Texas)4954
 5%
End of Course English II Reading (Rockdale High School)5248
 4%
   End of Course English II Reading (Rockdale Independent School District (Isd))5248
 4%
   End of Course English II Reading (Texas)5156
 5%
End of Course U.S. History (Rockdale High School)7570
 5%
   End of Course U.S. History (Rockdale Independent School District (Isd))7570
 5%
   End of Course U.S. History (Texas)7571
 4%

Student Body

Number of students
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Number of students
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Total Students434464
 6.9%
African American4154
 31.7%
American Indian10
 100%
Asian15
 400%
Hispanic191223
 16.8%
Pacific Islander11
White190172
 9.5%
Two or More Races99
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients64.5%58.2%
 6.3%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Rockdale High School

In the 2022-23 school year, 464 students attended Rockdale High School.

Students at Rockdale High School are 48% Hispanic, 37% White, 12% African American, 2% Two or more races, 1% Asian.

Rockdale High School ranks 1178th of 1987 Texas high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 2 stars out of 5.

Rockdale High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Rockdale Elementary
Elementary : Rockdale Intermediate
Middle : Rockdale J H


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