Silsbee High School

Summary:

Silsbee High School is a public high school serving 814 students in grades 9-12 in Silsbee, Texas, which is part of the Silsbee Independent School District. The school faces several challenges, including below-average academic performance, achievement gaps among student subgroups, and a relatively high percentage of economically disadvantaged students.

Silsbee High School's academic performance, as measured by STAAR EOC assessments, is generally below the state and district averages across all subject areas. For example, in 2023-2024, the school's proficiency rates in Algebra I (8.28%), English I Reading (47.44%), and U.S. History (59.78%) were significantly lower than the state averages. When compared to nearby schools, such as Lumberton High School, Silsbee High School generally performs worse academically and has a lower four-year graduation rate (95.6% vs. 96.8%).

Silsbee High School's performance also varies significantly across different student subgroups. The school's ranking for African American students (849 out of 1,069 Texas high schools) and Hispanic students (1,515 out of 1,820) is much lower than its ranking for White students (1,374 out of 1,576) and multi-racial students (561 out of 677). Additionally, the school's rankings for Special Education students (1,336 out of 1,478) and English Language Learners (1,244 out of 1,371) are among the lowest, indicating a need for improvement in supporting these student populations.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 1575 Hwy 96 N
       Silsbee, TX  77656-5129


(409) 980-7877

District: Silsbee Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
1403rd of 1,987 Texas High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $13,214 Help


Feeder schools for Silsbee High School:

Elementary:    Laura Reeves Pri
    Silsbee Elementary
Middle:    Edwards-Johnson Memorial Middle

Student/teacher ratio:  12.9 Help
Number of students:  814

Racial breakdown:

White:
64.1%
African American:
21.3%
Hispanic:
8.0%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  61.7% Help


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Performance Trends
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Compare Details Silsbee High School ranks worse than 70.6% of high schools in Texas. (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 30.13. (See more...)
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The Adjusted Cohort Graduation Rate (ACGR) measures the percentage of Silsbee High School freshmen who graduate within four years, adjusting for students who transfer in or out.
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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: White (64.1%), African American (21.3%), Hispanic (8%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 61.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Silsbee High School is 12.9. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Silsbee High School is $13,214.
Schooldigger Rankings:

Silsbee High School was not ranked this year due to insufficient test score data.
SchoolDigger ranks Silsbee High School 1403rd of 1987 Texas public high schools. (See Silsbee High School in the ranking list.)

Silsbee Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Silsbee Independent School District (Isd) 775th of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Silsbee High School

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Rank History for all students at Silsbee High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2004 71.24 336th 1427 76.5%
2005 73.60 281st 1429 80.3%
2006 63.62 573rd 1430 59.9%
2007 64.44 575th 1497 61.6%
2008 68.28 444th 1510 70.6%
2009 60.59 696th 1539 54.8%
2010 65.34 543rd 1568 65.4%
2011 64.33 629th 1672 62.4%
2012 43.22 1019th 1603 36.4%
2013 51.76 827th 1652 49.9%
2014 52.97 850th 1734 51.0%
2015 61.98 646th 1743 62.9%
2016 58.02 750th 1762 57.4%
2017 42.13 949th 1777 46.6%
2018 42.38 977th 1797 45.6%
2019 36.70 1210th 1857 34.8%
2021 37.49 1175th 1861 36.9%
2022 33.51 1260th 1876 32.8%
2023 26.99 1447th 1961 26.2%
2024 30.13 1403rd 1987 29.4%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Silsbee High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 26.08 458th 582 21.3%
2019 17.13 531st 604 12.1%
2021 19.25 498th 588 15.3%
2022 35.65 421st 664 36.6%
2023 21.58 561st 677 17.1%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Silsbee High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2022 12.35 1209th 1278 5.4%
2023 14.48 1244th 1371 9.3%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Silsbee High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 23.53 1158th 1347 14.0%
2019 20.83 1225th 1357 9.7%
2021 27.62 1106th 1382 20.0%
2022 26.28 1152nd 1418 18.8%
2023 20.32 1336th 1478 9.6%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Silsbee High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 35.43 1213th 1794 32.4%
2019 27.17 1453rd 1818 20.1%
2021 32.33 1293rd 1848 30.0%
2022 29.66 1348th 1847 27.0%
2023 21.32 1554th 1897 18.1%
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Rank History for Female students at Silsbee High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 39.38 1107th 1781 37.8%
2019 40.27 1140th 1798 36.6%
2021 34.90 1211th 1815 33.3%
2022 30.49 1300th 1841 29.4%
2023 31.67 1307th 1891 30.9%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Silsbee High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 72.52 116th 1137 89.8%
2019 61.94 530th 1145 53.7%
2021 74.51 123rd 1177 89.5%
2022 57.36 659th 1172 43.8%
2023 41.80 896th 1182 24.2%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Silsbee High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 32.16 1260th 1784 29.4%
2019 36.13 1167th 1810 35.5%
2021 30.94 1286th 1829 29.7%
2022 25.29 1447th 1837 21.2%
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Rank History for Male students at Silsbee High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 41.22 1026th 1803 43.1%
2019 28.62 1338th 1824 26.6%
2021 36.80 1138th 1840 38.2%
2022 33.51 1218th 1853 34.3%
2023 21.40 1521st 1913 20.5%
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Rank History for African American students at Silsbee High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 30.28 692nd 1013 31.7%
2019 16.11 895th 1024 12.6%
2021 34.53 626th 1020 38.6%
2022 26.99 746th 1031 27.6%
2023 21.55 849th 1069 20.6%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Silsbee High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 51.46 697th 1691 58.8%
2019 39.42 1048th 1714 38.9%
2021 50.32 766th 1743 56.1%
2022 40.14 1006th 1762 42.9%
2023 19.00 1515th 1820 16.8%
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Rank History for White students at Silsbee High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 33.76 1117th 1539 27.4%
2019 29.75 1171st 1526 23.3%
2021 22.07 1246th 1510 17.5%
2022 20.20 1292nd 1525 15.3%
2023 15.36 1374th 1576 12.8%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

As you review the school rankings data, please be aware that some of the information from certain demographics is missing. The reason for this omission is that the data has been redacted from the source data itself due to low population samples in these specific demographic groups.

Redacting data from low population samples is a necessary step to ensure the reliability and accuracy of the results, as small sample sizes may not be representative of the broader population. Additionally, this measure helps protect the privacy of individuals belonging to these demographic groups.

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Data source: Texas Education Agency

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Enrollment information for Silsbee High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
1989 851 231 3 8 0 n/a n/a 0 1093
1990 765 220 2 9 0 n/a n/a 0 996
1991 739 229 1 8 0 n/a n/a 0 977
1992 806 209 1 9 0 n/a n/a 0 1025
1993 800 195 1 6 0 n/a n/a 0 1002
1994 797 206 1 4 0 n/a n/a 0 1008
1995 863 238 2 11 1 n/a n/a 0 1115
1996 863 238 2 11 1 n/a n/a 0 1115
1997 820 250 1 10 3 n/a n/a 0 1084
1998 800 235 2 10 3 n/a n/a 0 1050
1999 786 227 3 13 2 n/a n/a 0 1031
2000 749 205 2 16 2 n/a n/a 0 974
2001 758 198 4 16 1 n/a n/a 0 977
2002 697 174 1 23 0 n/a n/a 0 895
2003 697 174 1 23 0 n/a n/a 0 895
2004 689 168 3 25 1 n/a n/a 0 886
2005 677 166 3 29 1 n/a n/a 0 876
2006 649 170 2 27 1 n/a n/a 0 849
2007 630 184 2 30 1 n/a n/a 0 847
2008 620 187 5 39 7 n/a n/a 0 858
2009 657 189 7 37 7 n/a n/a 0 897
2010 628 170 7 45 9 n/a n/a 0 859
2011 600 153 10 45 3 0 9 0 820
2012 603 151 7 43 3 0 12 0 819
2013 580 144 5 46 4 0 10 0 789
2014 590 135 4 39 4 0 10 0 782
2015 610 130 5 44 5 0 9 0 803
2016 602 143 6 45 4 0 16 0 816
2017 571 149 9 50 5 1 21 0 806
2018 534 145 7 62 8 2 26 0 784
2019 555 140 3 67 8 2 35 0 810
2020 517 137 3 68 11 1 35 0 772
2021 517 142 4 70 11 1 37 0 782
2022 498 151 3 65 7 0 39 0 763
2023 522 173 5 65 4 0 45 0 814

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 Silsbee High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 1093 n/a n/a n/a
1990 996 68.0 14.6 n/a
1991 977 68.2 14.3 n/a
1992 1025 70.3 14.5 15.6
1993 1002 71.0 14.1 19.9
1994 1008 74.1 13.6 23.1
1995 1115 79.6 14.0 23.9
1996 1115 79.6 14.0 23.9
1997 1084 82.3 13.2 23.4
1998 1050 83.1 12.6 21
1999 1031 77.8 13.3 26
2000 974 79.5 12.3 24.2
2001 977 78.7 12.4 24.2
2002 895 73.4 12.2 26.4
2003 895 73.4 12.2 26.4
2004 886 62.9 14.1 26.9
2005 876 67.8 12.9 30.1
2006 849 69.0 12.3 33.9
2007 847 66.0 12.8 34.5
2008 858 68.1 12.6 33.9
2009 897 70.9 12.6 41.2
2010 859 70.5 12.1 42.7
2011 820 65.2 12.5 43.3
2012 819 58.9 13.8 45.7
2013 789 56.2 14.0 45.6
2014 782 56.2 13.8 41.4
2015 803 57.0 14.0 46.9
2016 816 59.0 13.8 46.8
2017 806 61.2 13.1 46.4
2018 784 61.2 12.7 45.5
2019 810 58.9 13.7 49
2020 772 58.6 13.1 52.5
2021 782 60.1 12.9 53.1
2022 763 61.9 12.3 56.4
2023 814 62.9 12.9 61.7

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 Silsbee High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
1989 1093 n/a n/a n/a
1990 996 68.0 14.6 n/a
1991 977 68.2 14.3 n/a
1992 1025 70.3 14.5 15.6
1993 1002 71.0 14.1 19.9
1994 1008 74.1 13.6 23.1
1995 1115 79.6 14.0 23.9
1996 1115 79.6 14.0 23.9
1997 1084 82.3 13.2 23.4
1998 1050 83.1 12.6 21
1999 1031 77.8 13.3 26
2000 974 79.5 12.3 24.2
2001 977 78.7 12.4 24.2
2002 895 73.4 12.2 26.4
2003 895 73.4 12.2 26.4
2004 886 62.9 14.1 26.9
2005 876 67.8 12.9 30.1
2006 849 69.0 12.3 33.9
2007 847 66.0 12.8 34.5
2008 858 68.1 12.6 33.9
2009 897 70.9 12.6 41.2
2010 859 70.5 12.1 42.7
2011 820 65.2 12.5 43.3
2012 819 58.9 13.8 45.7
2013 789 56.2 14.0 45.6
2014 782 56.2 13.8 41.4
2015 803 57.0 14.0 46.9
2016 816 59.0 13.8 46.8
2017 806 61.2 13.1 46.4
2018 784 61.2 12.7 45.5
2019 810 58.9 13.7 49
2020 772 58.6 13.1 52.5
2021 782 60.1 12.9 53.1
2022 763 61.9 12.3 56.4
2023 814 62.9 12.9 61.7

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 Silsbee High School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $667 (6.5%) $9,592 (93.5%) $10,259
2020 $673 (5.5%) $11,552 (94.5%) $12,224
2021 $1,497 (11.3%) $11,717 (88.7%) $13,214

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Silsbee High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 1210th of 1857 High schoolsRanks 1447th of 1961 High schools
 8.6%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
End of Course Algebra I (Silsbee High School)2611
 15%
   End of Course Algebra I (Silsbee Independent School District (Isd))4020
 20%
   End of Course Algebra I (Texas)6245
 17%
End of Course Biology (Silsbee High School)5339
 14%
   End of Course Biology (Silsbee Independent School District (Isd))5339
 14%
   End of Course Biology (Texas)6357
 6%
End of Course English I Reading (Silsbee High School)4737
 10%
   End of Course English I Reading (Silsbee Independent School District (Isd))4737
 10%
   End of Course English I Reading (Texas)4954
 5%
End of Course English II Reading (Silsbee High School)4342
 1%
   End of Course English II Reading (Silsbee Independent School District (Isd))4342
 1%
   End of Course English II Reading (Texas)5156
 5%
End of Course U.S. History (Silsbee High School)6469
 5%
   End of Course U.S. History (Silsbee Independent School District (Isd))6469
 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 Students810814
 0.5%
African American140173
 23.6%
American Indian84
 50%
Asian35
 66.7%
Hispanic6765
 3%
Pacific Islander20
 100%
White555522
 5.9%
Two or More Races3545
 28.6%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients49%61.7%
 12.7%


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Silsbee High School ranks 1403rd of 1987 Texas high schools. SchoolDigger rates this school 1 star out of 5.

Students at Silsbee High School are 64% White, 21% African American, 8% Hispanic, 6% Two or more races.

Silsbee High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Laura Reeves Pri
Elementary : Silsbee Elementary
Middle : Edwards-Johnson Memorial Middle

In the 2022-23 school year, 814 students attended Silsbee High School.


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