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Big Sandy ISD

Independent School District · Upshur County · Kilgore area (Region 7)

673
Students
3
Campuses
C 72/100
TEA Rating (2024-25)
Mr Mike Burns View 26–27 Calendar
Superintendent

Boundary map

Boundary from TEA · basemap © OpenStreetMap contributors

Schools in this district (3)

  • Big Sandy Elementary Grades EE-05 326 students
  • Big Sandy High School Grades 09-12 188 students
  • Big Sandy Junior High Grades 06-08 159 students

Official Texas Education Agency

Texas School Report Card

2024-25 accountability data for Big Sandy ISD · updated 06/01/2026

A–F · txschools.gov
C 72
Acceptable
Overall score 72 / 100
648Students
3Campuses
10.6Students / Teacher
Mrs Rhonda TurnerSuperintendent
★ Postsecondary Readiness

Student Population

Economically Disadvantaged59.4%
Special Education16.8%
Emergent Bilingual / English Learners5.1%

Student Outcomes

93.6%
Attendance Rate
18.3%
Chronic Absenteeism
15%
Grade 8 Algebra I EOC
27.8%
Postsecondary Outcomes

Staff

10.6Students per Teacher
61Full-time Teachers
114.5Full-time Staff
$51,311Avg. Teacher Salary

Original report card

The complete official TEA report card page (2024-25). Click to enlarge or download the high-resolution image.

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U.S. Census · NCES ACS-ED

Community & Demographics

American Community Survey estimates (2019-23) for the Big Sandy ISD area

ACS-ED Dashboard
3,853Total population
$54,000Median household income
1,378Total households
87.1%Broadband internet

Race & ethnicity

White76%Hispanic / Latino4%Black / African American18%Two or more races2%

Housing type

House 72.8%Apartments / other 27.3%

Homes by year built

2000 & after 27.7%1970–1999 44%Before 1970 28.2%

NCES Demographic Dashboard (2019-23)

Full ACS-ED report from the National Center for Education Statistics — includes language, labor-force and educational-attainment charts.

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