About Us

Kaufman High School is dedicated to unlocking the potential of every student, equipping them to be academically and socially responsible, and empowering them to confidently pursue their chosen career, college, or military future.

We believe in fostering positive relationships to benefit students in academic and social environments, challenging our students to grow mentally, emotionally, and physically, valuing students so they can learn at a high standard, establishing academic rigor to create critical thinkers and problem solvers, and teaching the importance of creativity, responsibility, accountability, and integrity

Curriculum

Kaufman High School is established with advanced-placement courses as well as dual credit courses. Dual credit enrollment is available for core and CTE classes.

KHS believes in high academic rigor to challenge students to continue to grow.

School Recognition

  • 2023 Team Tennis State Runner-Up

  • 2023 Girls Cross Country State Qualifiers

  • 2024 State Spirit Championship Runner-Up

  • Class of 2024 - Graduated with 174 Industry Based
    Certifications

School Day and Graduation Requirements

Students are required to earn a minimum of 26 credits.

Each semester course passed with a 70 or higher earns 5 credits. Students are expected to be in attendance at least 90% of the school days.

Graduation expectations include the following credits:

English 4.0
Economics 0.5
Social Studies 2.5
Math 4.0
Communications 5.0
Foreign Language 2.0
Science 4.0
Fine Arts 1.0
Technology 1.0
CTE/Electives 5.5
Physical Ed. 1.0

Administration

Dr. Matthew Nichols

Principal

Jennifer Webb

Associate Principal

Daniel Hobbs

Assistant Principal

David Reyes

Assistant Principal

Sirvera Cox

Assistant Principal

Grade Weight and Reporting

In Kaufman High School, graduating Seniors shall be ranked within the graduating class based on weighted grade averages for courses completed in Grades 9 - 12.

Early Graduates will be ranked in the class in which they graduate. Only Core classes (Math, English, Science, and Social Studies) and Foreign Language (Spanish) will be used in GPA calculations or graduating classes prior to 2026. Beginning with the Class of 2026, Foreign Language (Spanish) will no longer be used in GPA calculations. The calculation of class rank shall include grades earned in a dual credit course taken at the district high school and taught by a district employee if the class is offered by the district. Dual credit courses taken online or on a college campus shall only be categorized and weighted as advanced if the course is not offered by the district.

The following weight scale will be used:

  • Advanced Placement Courses/Dual Credit will carry the following weight:
    100 = 6.0
    99 = 5.9
    98 = 5.8

  • Pre-Advanced Placement Courses and Honors Courses will carry the following weight:
    100 = 5.0
    99 = 4.9
    98 = 4.8

  • Regular Courses will receive a top weight of 4.0:
    100 = 4.0
    99 = 3.9
    98 = 3.8

Dual Credit Information

247 Students attempted 2,641 hours with a 94% success rate for hours attempted on campus and a 80% success rate for hours attempted online.

Dual Credit Courses Offered on Campus

English 1301/1302

English 2322/2323

Nurse Aide

Biology 1406/1407

Court Systems

Animal Science

Criminal Justice

U.S. History 1301/1302

Health Science

Nurse Clinical

Correctional

CCMR Compliance

KHS

State

Class of 2022

94.9%

70%

Class of 2023

Expected 97%

Unknown

Class of 2024

On target 97%

2024 STAAR Performance

Approaches

KHS

State

English I

71%

61%

English Il

80%

74%

Algebra

83%

79%

US History

95%

95%

Biology

89%

91%

Advanced Placement Scores

2020

2021

2022

2023

Total AP Students

38

46

66

Number of Exams

49

51

78

244

AP Students Scores 3+

16

20

32

117

% of Scores 3+

40.6

42.1

48.5

47.9

Counselors

Traci Mitchell

Sophomores (Lead)

Cory Smith

Seniors

Amy Garrison

Juniors

Joanna Davis

Freshman

Julia Martinez

Secretary

College Acceptances of Recent Graduates

Baylor University
Dallas Baptist University
East Texas Baptist University
Sam Houston State University
Sherman University
Tarleton State University
Texas A&M University
Texas A&M University, Commerce
Texas A&M University, Galveston
Texas Tech University
The University of Texas, Arlington
The University of Texas, Austin
Trinity Valley Community College
Tyler Junior College
University of Texas, Tyler
University of Arkansas
University of Mary-Hardin Baylor
University of North Texas University of the Ozarks

Current AP and Honors Course Offerings

AP Courses

English Language

English Literature

Human Geo.

World History

U.S. History

Government

Euro. History

Economics

Statistics

Calculus

Pre-Calculus

Chemistry

Biology

Environmental Science

Spanish Language & Culture

Honors Courses

English I

English Il

Geometry

Algebra Il

Biology

Pre-Calculus

Chemistry

Physics