BECKVILLE SUNSET EL
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Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 44 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 24 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 12 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 57% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About BECKVILLE SUNSET EL
BECKVILLE SUNSET EL is a K-5 school of intimate scale in BECKVILLE, Texas, run under BECKVILLE ISD, hosting 337 students in grades pre-K through 5. Enrollment runs roughly 35% below the state mean of about 519.
BECKVILLE SUNSET EL is one of 2 schools operated by BECKVILLE ISD, a district that teaches 684 students overall.
On the student-mix side, BECKVILLE SUNSET EL lists that 79% of the student body identifies as White. Other groups include 12% Hispanic, 4% Black, 4% multiracial.
On the resource side, The school reports having 27 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 12.3:1. That figure is tighter than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. About 39% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, often used as a Title I proxy. That share is noticeably below Panola County's rate of about 51%.
On a demographically-adjusted basis, BECKVILLE SUNSET EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 56.8%, the actual is 44.0%, a residual of -12.8 points.
In the area at large, the surrounding county (Panola County) logs that median household earnings sit near $64,894, roughly 17% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. Across Panola County's 10 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,884 students), BECKVILLE SUNSET EL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: BECKVILLE JR-SR HIGH SCHOOL, around 0.6 miles off. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts BECKVILLE SUNSET EL at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 56.2%.
BECKVILLE SUNSET EL operates from a low-density location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count rose 8%: 312 students in 2018 compared to 337 in 2025.
Inside the community feed, recent activity here tends to focus on fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Panola County at a glance
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