Vandegrift High School

Summary:

Vandegrift High School is a public high school in Austin, Texas, serving 2,658 students in grades 9-12. It is part of the Leander Independent School District, which is ranked 200 out of 968 districts in Texas and has a 4-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Vandegrift High School consistently ranks among the top high schools in Texas, placing 151 out of 1,987 schools in the 2023-2024 school year and receiving a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger. This exceptional academic performance is reflected in the school's 98.5% four-year graduation rate, which is significantly higher than the state average. Vandegrift students also outperform their peers in the Leander ISD and across Texas on STAAR End-of-Course exams, with 90.12% of students proficient or better in English II Reading, compared to 78.43% in the district and 59.82% statewide. The school's strong performance extends across diverse student subgroups, including White, Asian, and multi-racial students, as well as English Language Learners and Special Education students.

When compared to nearby schools, such as Cedar Park High School, another high-performing school in the Leander ISD, Vandegrift High School stands out with its consistently exceptional academic results and high graduation rates. This success may be attributed to factors such as the school's relatively low student-teacher ratio of 16.2 and the relatively low percentage of students from low-socioeconomic backgrounds, with only 7.94% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch.


Detail:

Public 9-12

 9500 McNeil Dr
       Austin, TX  78750


(512) 570-2300

District: Leander Independent School District (Isd)

SchoolDigger Rank:
151st of 1,987 Texas High Schools

Per Pupil Expenditures:  $8,581 Help


Feeder schools for Vandegrift High School:

Elementary:    Grandview Hills Elementary
    Laura Welch Bush Elementary
    River Place Elementary
    River Ridge Elementary
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Middle:    Canyon Ridge Middle
    Four Points Middle

Student/teacher ratio:  15.0 Help
Number of students:  2,522

Racial breakdown:

White:
58.3%
Hispanic:
16.2%
Asian:
15.4%
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Free/discounted lunch recipients:  7.7% Help


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Compare Details Vandegrift High School ranks better than 92.4% of high schools in Texas. It also ranks first among 6 ranked high schools in the Leander Independent School District (Isd)! (See more...)
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Compare Details In 2024 the calculated Average Standard Score was 83.73. (See more...)
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The four-year cohort graduation rate measures the percentage of students at Vandegrift 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 Student population at Vandegrift High School is diverse. Racial makeup is: White (58.3%), Hispanic (16.2%), Asian (15.4%). (See more...)
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Compare Details 7.7% of students are receiving a free or discounted lunch. This is the lowest percentage in the Leander Independent School District (Isd). (See more...)
Teachers
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Compare Details The student/teacher ratio at Vandegrift High School is 15. 4 high schools in the Leander Independent School District (Isd) have better student/teacher ratios. (See more...)
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Finance
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Compare Details The average total spent per student at Vandegrift High School is $8,581, which is the lowest among 8 high schools in the Leander Independent School District (Isd)!
Schooldigger 2024 Rankings:

Vandegrift High School:

SchoolDigger ranks Vandegrift High School 151st of 1987 Texas public high schools. (See Vandegrift High School in the ranking list.)

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Leander Independent School District (Isd):

SchoolDigger ranks Leander Independent School District (Isd) 200th of 968 Texas school districts. (See district ranking list.)


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Rank History for Vandegrift High School

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Rank History for all students at Vandegrift High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2011 79.65 94th 1672 94.4%
2012 81.86 65th 1603 95.9%
2013 84.06 61st 1652 96.3%
2014 81.96 89th 1734 94.9%
2015 80.63 96th 1743 94.5%
2016 79.76 106th 1762 94.0%
2017 89.11 76th 1777 95.7%
2018 87.66 91st 1797 94.9%
2019 83.40 143rd 1857 92.3%
2021 82.82 151st 1861 91.9%
2022 85.19 120th 1876 93.6%
2023 84.26 142nd 1961 92.8%
2024 83.73 151st 1987 92.4%
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Rank History for Multi-racial students at Vandegrift High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 73.81 93rd 582 84.0%
2019 84.17 64th 604 89.4%
2022 83.08 70th 664 89.5%
2023 76.45 110th 677 83.8%
2024 66.42 179th 730 75.5%
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Rank History for English Language Learner students at Vandegrift High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 73.63 125th 1113 88.8%
2019 44.41 486th 1136 57.2%
2021 73.39 143rd 1195 88.0%
2022 85.20 90th 1278 93.0%
2023 80.24 129th 1371 90.6%
2024 72.80 208th 1435 85.5%
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Rank History for Special Education students at Vandegrift High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 75.73 172nd 1347 87.2%
2019 67.36 241st 1357 82.2%
2021 77.82 151st 1382 89.1%
2022 88.60 76th 1418 94.6%
2023 82.65 118th 1478 92.0%
2024 80.72 136th 1547 91.2%
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Rank History for Low Socio Economic Status students at Vandegrift High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 64.51 373rd 1794 79.2%
2019 54.96 646th 1818 64.5%
2021 52.61 738th 1848 60.1%
2022 60.63 468th 1847 74.7%
2023 64.67 435th 1897 77.1%
2024 58.96 519th 1883 72.4%
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Rank History for Female students at Vandegrift High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 86.77 92nd 1781 94.8%
2019 81.96 149th 1798 91.7%
2021 81.81 147th 1815 91.9%
2022 83.55 129th 1841 93.0%
2023 82.92 135th 1891 92.9%
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Rank History for Gifted and Talented students at Vandegrift High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2019 65.23 450th 1145 60.7%
2021 71.69 346th 1177 70.6%
2022 68.68 379th 1172 67.7%
2023 68.11 421st 1182 64.4%
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Rank History for At Risk students at Vandegrift High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 75.30 197th 1784 89.0%
2019 67.34 346th 1810 80.9%
2021 69.33 311th 1829 83.0%
2022 78.31 174th 1837 90.5%
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Rank History for Male students at Vandegrift High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 86.18 121st 1803 93.3%
2019 82.67 164th 1824 91.0%
2021 81.74 173rd 1840 90.6%
2022 85.27 124th 1853 93.3%
2023 84.23 144th 1913 92.5%
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Rank History for Asian students at Vandegrift High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 75.41 93rd 486 80.9%
2019 72.24 115th 487 76.4%
2021 75.56 75th 488 84.6%
2022 73.86 110th 507 78.3%
2023 70.70 133rd 525 74.7%
2024 70.16 123rd 529 76.7%
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Rank History for African American students at Vandegrift High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 61.60 289th 1013 71.5%
2019 52.94 384th 1024 62.5%
2021 49.53 424th 1020 58.4%
2022 46.32 452nd 1031 56.2%
2023 59.93 317th 1069 70.3%
2024 69.83 207th 1065 80.6%
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Rank History for Hispanic students at Vandegrift High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 80.27 170th 1691 89.9%
2019 72.07 301st 1714 82.4%
2021 74.52 257th 1743 85.3%
2022 77.74 195th 1762 88.9%
2023 75.15 249th 1820 86.3%
2024 70.57 301st 1804 83.3%
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Rank History for Native American students at Vandegrift High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 86.03 13th 95 86.3%
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Rank History for Pacific Islander students at Vandegrift High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2021 94.99 1st 24 95.8%
2022 95.97 1st 31 96.8%
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Rank History for White students at Vandegrift High School

Year Avg Standard Score Statewide Rank Total # Ranked High Schools TX State Percentile SchoolDigger Rating
2018 84.61 94th 1539 93.9%
2019 80.50 146th 1526 90.4%
2021 74.93 230th 1510 84.8%
2022 82.96 102nd 1525 93.3%
2023 81.92 119th 1576 92.4%
2024 73.19 236th 1556 84.8%
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Data source: test scores: Texas Education Agency, rankings: SchoolDigger.com

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Enrollment information for Vandegrift High School

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Year White African American Asian Hispanic American Indian Pacific Islander Two or More Races Not Specified Total
2010 439 19 37 59 2 n/a n/a 0 556
2011 707 36 61 149 7 2 30 0 992
2012 1057 42 96 210 10 2 39 0 1456
2013 1227 47 122 233 9 2 52 0 1692
2014 1323 64 144 274 7 0 63 0 1875
2015 1442 70 172 309 4 0 65 0 2062
2016 1558 59 203 345 2 1 89 0 2257
2017 1688 62 236 383 7 1 87 0 2464
2018 1710 63 284 409 8 2 103 0 2579
2019 1763 69 300 448 9 3 117 0 2709
2020 1753 87 339 458 6 1 111 0 2755
2021 1737 96 378 456 2 4 138 0 2811
2022 1641 97 383 448 5 6 143 0 2723
2023 1562 87 412 444 3 8 142 0 2658
2024 1470 86 389 408 3 8 158 0 2522

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 Vandegrift High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2010 556 43.4 12.8 10.1
2011 992 68.3 14.5 8.1
2012 1456 83.6 17.4 7.9
2013 1692 95.5 17.7 5.6
2014 1875 108.3 17.2 5.8
2015 2062 124.0 16.6 7.1
2016 2257 132.0 17.0 5.9
2017 2464 143.1 17.2 6.1
2018 2579 151.8 16.9 5.8
2019 2709 155.2 17.4 6.9
2020 2755 159.7 17.2 7.1
2021 2811 171.1 16.4 7.2
2022 2723 161.5 16.8 7.2
2023 2658 164.0 16.2 7.9
2024 2522 167.2 15.0 7.7

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 Vandegrift High School

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Year # Students Full-time Teachers Student/Teacher ratio % Free/Discounted Lunch
2010 556 43.4 12.8 10.1
2011 992 68.3 14.5 8.1
2012 1456 83.6 17.4 7.9
2013 1692 95.5 17.7 5.6
2014 1875 108.3 17.2 5.8
2015 2062 124.0 16.6 7.1
2016 2257 132.0 17.0 5.9
2017 2464 143.1 17.2 6.1
2018 2579 151.8 16.9 5.8
2019 2709 155.2 17.4 6.9
2020 2755 159.7 17.2 7.1
2021 2811 171.1 16.4 7.2
2022 2723 161.5 16.8 7.2
2023 2658 164.0 16.2 7.9
2024 2522 167.2 15.0 7.7

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 Vandegrift High School

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YearExpenditures from Federal FundsExpenditures from State and Local FundsTotal Expenditures Per Pupil (All Funds)
2019 $424 (5.3%) $7,562 (94.7%) $7,986
2020 $337 (5.0%) $6,437 (95.0%) $6,775
2021 $219 (2.6%) $8,363 (97.5%) $8,581

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

Impact of COVID-19 on Vandegrift High School

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Rankings

Rank
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
Rank
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
Ranks 143rd of 1857 High schoolsRanks 142nd of 1961 High schools
 0.5%

Test Scores

% proficient
Pre-pandemic (2018-2019)
% proficient
Post pandemic (2022-2023)
Change (%)
End of Course Algebra I (Vandegrift High School)4431
 13%
   End of Course Algebra I (Leander Independent School District (Isd))5559
 4%
   End of Course Algebra I (Texas)6245
 17%
End of Course Biology (Vandegrift High School)9192
 1%
   End of Course Biology (Leander Independent School District (Isd))8279
 3%
   End of Course Biology (Texas)6357
 6%
End of Course English I Reading (Vandegrift High School)6890
 22%
   End of Course English I Reading (Leander Independent School District (Isd))4277
 35%
   End of Course English I Reading (Texas)4954
 5%
End of Course English II Reading (Vandegrift High School)8389
 6%
   End of Course English II Reading (Leander Independent School District (Isd))7078
 8%
   End of Course English II Reading (Texas)5156
 5%
End of Course U.S. History (Vandegrift High School)9289
 3%
   End of Course U.S. History (Leander Independent School District (Isd))8784
 3%
   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 Students27092658
 1.9%
African American6987
 26.1%
American Indian93
 66.7%
Asian300412
 37.3%
Hispanic448444
 0.9%
Pacific Islander38
 166.7%
White17631562
 11.4%
Two or More Races117142
 21.4%
% Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients6.9%7.9%
 1%


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Frequently Asked Questions about Vandegrift High School

Yes. Vandegrift High School ranks in the top 7.6% of Texas high schools.

Students at Vandegrift High School are 58% White, 16% Hispanic, 15% Asian, 6% Two or more races, 3% African American.

In the 2023-24 school year, 2,522 students attended Vandegrift High School.

Vandegrift High School is fed by the following schools:

Elementary : Grandview Hills Elementary
Elementary : Laura Welch Bush Elementary
Elementary : River Place Elementary
Elementary : River Ridge Elementary
Elementary : Steiner Ranch Elementary
Middle : Canyon Ridge Middle
Middle : Four Points Middle


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