Schools in Bay City ISD · Matagorda County

Matagorda County stretches along the Texas Gulf Coast, a mix of farming communities, coastal towns, and petrochemical industry that shapes a school landscape spread across five independent districts serving 13 ranked public schools. That geography produces some genuine standouts — Markham Elementary ranks in the 97th percentile statewide, and Tidehaven Intermediate and Tidehaven High School in El Maton both clear the 82nd percentile, giving the small Tidehaven ISD an outsized presence among the county's top performers. With four schools landing in the top quartile statewide, families in and around Bay City and the surrounding communities have real options worth examining closely.