Enrollment
437
Elementary
DISTRICT 281 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALVORD ISD·NCES 480810000140
Alvord Elementary School
711 W STADIUM DR, ALVORD, TX 76225 · (940) 427-2881 · Wise County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL437 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 77% of Texas public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A+Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 11.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
42%
184 students
DISTRICT 37% · STATE 65%
Community
0
0 members
Enrollment and student:teacher ratio compared against other elementary schools. Free/Reduced Lunch and demographics compared against all schools.
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 31 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 77 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 78 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 66 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 16% larger than its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 36% · STATE 63% · US 70%
Student head counts by race/ethnicity from federal NCES enrollment data. District, state, and US figures are each group's share of all public school students in that area (US excludes territories). Very small groups may be suppressed in the source, so categories do not always sum exactly to total enrollment.
Gender split
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within ALVORD ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
63.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +27.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
47.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -8.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 27 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 8 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 31.0% | 32.0% | 18.0% | 19.0% |
| Mathematics | 20.0% | 27.0% | 29.0% | 24.0% |
Share of tested students at each STAAR level. Each student counts in one level, so a row adds to about 100%.
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 63.0% | 47.0% |
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 56.0% |
| 2022-23 | 22.0% | 11.0% |
| 2021-22 | 50.0% | 60.0% |
| 2020-21 | 36.0% | 55.0% |
% Meets Grade Level or Above, all students and all tested grades.
Source: STAAR. All students, all grades. See all years and grades →
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyTier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
55.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations measures results against demographically similar schools rather than by raw scores, and this school falls within the typical range, neither among Texas's top nor bottom 10%.
BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →
Schools most like Alvord Elementary School
Alvord Elementary School's state test result (55.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Alvord Elementary School this school | 437 | 42.1% | 55.3% |
| Poolville Elementary School POOLVILLE | 422 | 43.4% | 43.0% |
| Anderson-Shiro Elementary School ANDERSON | 458 | 39.5% | 61.6% |
| Glen Rose Intermediate School GLEN ROSE | 480 | 41.3% | 58.0% |
| Lexington Elementary School LEXINGTON | 488 | 41.0% | 47.0% |
| Paradise Elementary School PARADISE | 414 | 38.6% | 40.8% |
Matched among Texas elementary schools on enrollment, the share of students from low-income families (eligible for free or reduced-price lunch), and racial and ethnic makeup. Proficient is the average share of students meeting the state standard across all of the school's state tests in 2023-24 and 2024-25, the same combined score our test-score rankings use. Online schools and schools serving specialized populations are not matched.
Where Alvord Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Wise County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 55.3% | #1,039 of 4,401 | #2 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #2,017 of 4,466 ▼ 1,047 | #5 of 12 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #1,153 of 4,466 ▲ 413 | #2 of 12 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +38.5pp | #38 of 3,998 | #1 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 437 | #3,153 of 4,938 | #9 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #962 of 4,622 | #4 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.7% | #3,121 of 4,628 | #10 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.1% | #3,872 of 4,789 | #10 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +34.5% | #207 of 1,307 | #2 of 7 |
Ranked against other public elementary schools. Online schools are left out of every list, and test-score lists leave out schools that serve specialized populations. Each rank links to the full list. Arrows under a test-score rank show places moved since the prior test year, among schools tested both years.
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment
437
+102 (+30%) vs 2020
+136% since 1990-91, when it was 185
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 12.9:1
Source: NCES Common Core of Data
Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 437 | 33 | 13.2:1 | 42% (184) |
| 2023-24 | 421 | 30.8 | 13.7:1 | 45% (189) |
| 2022-23 | 395 | 29.2 | 13.6:1 | 41% (161) |
| 2020-21 | 335 | 26 | 12.9:1 | 52% (173) |
| 2017-18 | 325 | 22.4 | 14.5:1 | 37% (121) |
| 2015-16 | 329 | 22 | 14.9:1 | 33% (109) |
| 2010-11 | 375 | 23 | 16.3:1 | 37% (138) |
| 2000-01 | 228 | 16 | 14.3:1 | 32% (72) |
| 1990-91 | 185 | 12 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Alvord Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 34% (325 to 437); teachers up 47% (22.4 to 33).
About Alvord Elementary School
Alvord Elementary School runs as a low-enrollment elementary school in ALVORD, Texas. The school covers pre-K through 5 and reported 437 students in 2024-25.
The 3 schools of ALVORD ISD, including Alvord Elementary School, enroll 844 students.
At Alvord Elementary School, 75% of students are White. After that, the student body is 22% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 39%.
Alvord Elementary School lists 33 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 13.2 students per teacher. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average ratio is 15.1:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 42% of the student body.
On the allk12 Grade, Alvord Elementary School lands at A-, ahead of 77% of Texas public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Alvord Elementary School, the prediction is 55.7% and the result is 55.3%.
Looking at the county, Wise County, median household income comes to about $93,421, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 22% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. The county's public schools total 28, with about 12,854 students.
Alvord High School is the nearest public school to Alvord Elementary School, about 0.4 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number 2. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Alvord Elementary School ranks 2nd on proficiency.
Alvord Elementary School is coded as Rural: Distant in federal locale data.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 437, up from 335 in 2020-21.
Alvord Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Wise County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
75,005
Census ACS
Median income
$93,421
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
12,854 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ALVORD ISD
- Alvord High SchoolHigh · 225 students
- Alvord Middle SchoolMiddle · 182 students
Other schools in ALVORD
- Alvord High SchoolHigh · 225 students
- Alvord Middle SchoolMiddle · 182 students
Nearby schools
- Alvord High School0.4 mi · 225
- Alvord Middle School0.5 mi · 182
- Chico Middle School7.7 mi · 122
- Chico High School7.9 mi · 166
- Chico Elementary School7.9 mi · 284
- Bridgeport Intermediate School10.0 mi · 458
Frequently asked questions
About Alvord Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Alvord Elementary School?
Alvord Elementary School enrolls approximately 437 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Alvord Elementary School serve?
Alvord Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Alvord Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Alvord Elementary School is approximately 13.2:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Alvord Elementary School?
At Alvord Elementary School, the student body is approximately 75% White, 22% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
Is Alvord Elementary School public or private?
Alvord Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by ALVORD ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.