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What's something BASSETTI EL does better than most schools?
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Enrollment
546
Elementary
DISTRICT 502 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ABILENE ISD·NCES 480744002371
Bassetti Elementary School
5749 HWY 277 S, ABILENE, TX 79606 · (325) 690-3720 · Taylor County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL546 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
72%
391 students
DISTRICT 69% · STATE 65%
Community
1
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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 96 | 18% |
| Grade 1 | 112 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 95 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 74 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (96) is 30% larger than its 5th grade class (74).
Student demographics
71%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
46.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -7.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
30.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -29.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 30 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 7 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 29 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 22.0% | 24.0% | 22.0% | 32.0% |
| Mathematics | 10.0% | 20.0% | 23.0% | 47.0% |
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 | 46.0% | 30.0% |
| 2024-25 | 56.0% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 38.0% |
| 2022-23 | 46.0% | 54.0% |
| 2021-22 | 33.0% | 40.0% |
| 2020-21 | 53.0% | 59.0% |
% 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
41.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
43.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-2.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 43% 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 Bassetti Elementary School
Bassetti Elementary School's state test result (41.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bassetti Elementary School this school | 546 | 71.6% | 41.0% |
| Central Elementary School ANGLETON | 533 | 70.0% | 51.3% |
| Chandler Elementary School KILGORE | 501 | 72.1% | 47.3% |
| Pittsburg Elementary School PITTSBURG | 480 | 73.3% | 57.4% |
| College Hills Elementary School COLLEGE STATION | 600 | 73.0% | 36.5% |
| Fairview/Miss Jewell Elementary School COPPERAS COVE | 473 | 70.8% | 51.5% |
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 Bassetti Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Taylor County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #2,449 of 4,401 | #12 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #3,886 of 4,466 ▼ 967 | #17 of 19 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #2,969 of 4,466 ▼ 1,197 | #12 of 19 ▼ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -12.0pp | #239 of 3,998 | #3 of 13 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 546 | #2,075 of 4,938 | #8 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.1:1 | #2,557 of 4,622 | #11 of 21 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.1% | #417 of 4,628 | #1 of 21 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 71.6% | #2,476 of 4,789 | #9 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +7.1% | #886 of 1,307 | N/A |
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
546
+90 (+20%) vs 2020
-5% since 2000-01, when it was 573
Student : Teacher
15.1:1
was 13.8:1
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 | 546 | 36.1 | 15.1:1 | 72% (391) |
| 2023-24 | 542 | 35 | 15.5:1 | 75% (404) |
| 2022-23 | 553 | 35.1 | 15.8:1 | 74% (409) |
| 2020-21 | 456 | 33 | 13.8:1 | 64% (291) |
| 2017-18 | 510 | 34.4 | 14.8:1 | 78% (399) |
| 2015-16 | 553 | 35 | 15.8:1 | 71% (395) |
| 2010-11 | 637 | 41 | 15.5:1 | 67% (426) |
| 2000-01 | 573 | 38 | 15.1:1 | 51% (293) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bassetti Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 7% (510 to 546); teachers up 5% (34.4 to 36.1).
About Bassetti Elementary School
Bassetti Elementary School is a public elementary school run by ABILENE ISD in ABILENE, Texas. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 546 students.
ABILENE ISD serves 14,536 students across 26 schools.
Federal enrollment data show Hispanic students as the largest group at Bassetti Elementary School, at 39%. Other reported shares: 32% White, 16% Black, 8% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Taylor County's residents are about 25% Hispanic, 14 points below the school's share. Pick two students at random and there is a 71% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Dividing enrollment by its 36.1 full-time-equivalent teachers gives a ratio of about 15.1:1. That matches the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas fairly closely. Bassetti Elementary School reports 72% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. The rate at public schools in Taylor County averages 53%, lower than here.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 43.1% at Bassetti Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 41.0%.
Census estimates describe Taylor County this way: the median household income is $67,139, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 29%, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Besides Bassetti Elementary School, Taylor County has 53 other public schools.
Nearest public school: Clack Middle School, about 1.1 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 39.2% on proficiency, and Bassetti Elementary School is above that at 41.0%.
The school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Mid-size).
Over 4 years, Bassetti Elementary School's enrollment climbed 20%, to 546. The school's ratio rose from 13.8:1 to 15.1:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Taylor County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
145,863
Census ACS
Median income
$67,139
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
54
24,159 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ABILENE ISD
- Abilene High SchoolHigh · 1,798 students
- Cooper High SchoolHigh · 1,570 students
- Mann Middle SchoolMiddle · 776 students
- Craig Middle SchoolMiddle · 771 students
- Madison Middle SchoolMiddle · 770 students
- Austin Elementary SchoolElementary · 729 students
Other schools in ABILENE
- Abilene High SchoolHigh · 1,798 students
- Cooper High SchoolHigh · 1,570 students
- Wylie High SchoolHigh · 1,537 students
- Wylie West Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,038 students
- Texas Leadership of AbileneCombined · 834 students
- Mann Middle SchoolMiddle · 776 students
Nearby schools
- Clack Middle School1.1 mi · 693
- Dyess Elementary School1.1 mi · 621
- Austin Elementary School1.5 mi · 729
- Ward Elementary School1.8 mi · 502
- Premier H S of Abilene2.2 mi · 176
- Texasworks - Abilene2.2 mi · 36
Frequently asked questions
About Bassetti Elementary SchoolHow large is Bassetti Elementary School?
Bassetti Elementary School enrolls approximately 546 students in grades PK-05.
Is Bassetti Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Bassetti Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Bassetti Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Bassetti Elementary School is approximately 15.1:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Bassetti Elementary School?
At Bassetti Elementary School, the student body is approximately 32% White, 39% Hispanic, 16% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Who oversees Bassetti Elementary School?
Bassetti Elementary School is overseen by ABILENE ISD in Taylor County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.