While Snyder ISD awaits finalized STAAR results, the district celebrated standout student achievement and academic growth on the 2026 STAAR and High School End-of-Course assessments at the July 9 Board of Trustees meeting.
We are seeing impressive growth across the district, and while we wish we could have celebrated every student that evening, we wanted to recognize several exceptional standouts. The Board also thanked the teachers whose dedication, instruction, and support helped make this progress possible.
We are grateful to everyone who packed the boardroom to celebrate with us. It was standing room only, and the energy in the room reflected the pride our community feels for our students and staff.
Staff and Student Standouts
| Snyder High School U.S. History: Snyder High School students exceeded state performance levels, with 78% reaching Meets Grade Level compared to the state average of 70%, and 44% reaching Masters Grade Level compared to the state average of 37%. Congratulations to Mr. Hughes and Coach DelBosque! |
| Snyder High School Biology: Snyder ISD students surpassed the state at the Approaches Grade Level standard and improved by 13 percentage points from 2025. Congratulations to Coach Caden Bailey and Coach Scott Clark! |
| Snyder Junior High: Students showed notable growth at the Meets Grade Level standard in 6th Grade Math, 7th Grade Reading, and 7th Grade Math! Congratulations to Mrs. Castillo, Mrs. McCormick, Coach Fellows, and Mrs. Cartwright. |
| Snyder Intermediate: Students showed notable growth at the Meets Grade Level standard in 4th Grade Reading and 4th Grade Math! Congratulations to Ms. Natalia Juarez, Mrs. Kraatz, Mrs. Garcia, Ms. Velasquez, Mrs. Ritter, Ms. Bloyd, Mrs. Dennis, and Mrs. Hough. |
| Perfect STAAR scores! Snyder ISD had three perfect scores on STAAR this year, and all three came from Snyder Junior High! Logan Michael and Jaxon Pesina earned perfect scores in 7th grade math, and Davian Thamez earned a perfect score in 8th grade science! |
| Snyder Intermediate, 4th Grade Math: 51 students scored Meets or Masters and achieved full or accelerated growth! Special congratulations to Ria Patel and Carly Thompson, who missed only one question, and Karina Stelluti, who missed only two questions. We are also celebrating strong growth from Ember Watt and Lazareth Martinez, who both showed huge gains! 4th Grade RLA: A total of 33 students scored Meets or Masters and achieved either full or accelerated growth. Congratulations to Eliab Lozoya. In 3rd grade, Eliab took the Spanish RLA test and scored Meets. This year, in 4th grade, he took the English RLA test and achieved Masters. Huge accomplishment! |
| Snyder Intermediate, 5th Grade Math: 56 students scored Meets or Masters and achieved full or accelerated growth! Mauro Saldana and Ian Schneider missed one question. Adam Gregory, Alice Pesina, Aiden Somers, and Abram Vanmatar missed two. We are also celebrating students who also made huge gains, Cristian Retana, James Harmon, Sofia Murillo, Malachi Silva Suarez, and Caleb Hembree! Eliana Madera Cano and Ryder Thompkins leaped from Approaches to Masters! 5th Grade RLA: A total of 39 students scored Meets or Masters and achieved either full or accelerated growth. We are celebrating students who moved up with big gains: Eliana Madera Cano and Caleb Hembree. We also want to Osmar Ramirez and Mauro Saldana, who moved from Approaches to Masters! 5th Grade Science: Congratulations to the following students, who missed only two questions: Irving Espinoza, Jon Farmer, Kennedy Sanchez, Ian Schneider, and Abram Vanmater. |
| Snyder Junior High, 6th Grade Math: 36 students scored Meets or Masters and achieved full or accelerated growth. Paxton Matus missed just one question! 6th Grade RLA: A total of 34 students scored Meets or Masters and achieved either full or accelerated growth. Congratulations to Laylah Rodriguez, who came close to a perfect score and missed only one question. We are also celebrating Gavin Culwell, who also showed big gains in 6th grade RLA! |
| Snyder Junior High, 7th Grade Math: 33 students scored Meets or Masters and achieved full or accelerated growth. Logan Michael and Jaxon Pesina earned perfect scores. Mason Block missed just one question; Jonathan Wehling only missed two. Great job! 7th Grade RLA: A total of 32 students scored Meets or Masters and achieved either full or accelerated growth. Congratulations to Zayliah Jeffery moved up the ranks with big gains! Congratulations also to Dalton Curtis and Ava Lyons, who moved from Approaches to Masters. |
| Snyder Junior High, 8th Grade Math: Nine students scored Meets or Masters and achieved full or accelerated growth. Alley Killian, Khallon Rubio-Alacon, Mikayela Aguero, Jeremiah Hernandez Gonzalez, and Dulce Penley accomplished impressive leaps in performance! 8th Grade RLA: A total of 35 students scored Meets or Masters and achieved either full or accelerated growth. Congratulations to Joshelyn Rios, who showed impressive growth. 8th Grade Social Studies: Congratulations to Motley Moore, who missed only two questions and earned a 96%. |
| Snyder Junior High and Snyder High School Algebra I: 50 students scored Meets or Masters and achieved full or accelerated growth. This year’s highest-scoring Algebra I EOC student was 8th grader Kinsley Sorrells, who earned a 95% and missed only three questions! We are also celebrating Algebra I students who showed big progress, including Guadalupe Garcia from SHS and Joshelyn Rios from SJH. Congratulations to Sarai Castillo, who made a big move from Approaches to Masters. |
| Snyder High School English I: A total of 47 students scored Meets or Masters and achieved either full or accelerated growth. We are celebrating 19 students who moved from Approaches to Meets. Congratulations to Yulianna Vasquez, who moved from moved up with huge gains! Congratulations also to June Hurst and Oswaldo Robles Casillias, who mastered the test and missed only two questions. English II: A total of 71 students scored Meets or Masters and achieved either full or accelerated growth. We are celebrating students who moved up big time on English I to Meets on English II: Demian Espinoza, Dayanna Ramirez, and Aiden Welsh. U.S. History: Snyder ISD had 86 students master the U.S. History EOC! Snyder High School students exceeded state performance levels, with 78% reaching Meets Grade Level compared to the state average of 70%, and 44% reaching Masters Grade Level compared to the state average of 37%. Congratulations to Mr. Hughes and Coach DelBosque! Biology: Congratulations to Oswaldo Robles Casillas and Fabian Munoz Torres, who missed only two questions. Snyder ISD students surpassed the state at the Approaches Grade Level standard and improved by 13 percentage points from 2025. Congratulations to Coach Caden Bailey and Coach Scott Clark! |
3rd Grade Highlights: Because 3rd grade is the first year students take STAAR, there is no growth measure factored into scores, but we know from MAP scores that this group made impressive gains! This year, 28 third graders mastered the Reading test in either English or Spanish, and 26 third graders mastered the Math test! | |
These accomplishments tell a powerful story of hard work, strong instruction, student growth, and districtwide momentum. We are proud of our students, teachers, staff, and families for the progress reflected in these results.