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Enrollment
408
Elementary
DISTRICT 281 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PRAIRILAND ISD·NCES 483574004045
Blossom Elementary School
310 HIGH ST, BLOSSOM, TX 75416 · (903) 982-5230 · Lamar County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL408 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 50% of Texas public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- CBeats 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
14.8:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
50%
202 students
DISTRICT 51% · 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 | 34 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 59 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 54 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 70 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (59) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
29%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 29% · 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 PRAIRILAND ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
54.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +54.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
58.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +25.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 58 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 54 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 25 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 17.0% | 37.0% | 24.0% | 22.0% |
| Mathematics | 24.0% | 34.0% | 25.0% | 17.0% |
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 | 54.0% | 58.0% |
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 53.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 48.0% |
| 2022-23 | 14.0% | 29.0% |
| 2021-22 | 57.0% | 29.0% |
| 2020-21 | 0.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
44.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
52.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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 Blossom Elementary School
Blossom Elementary School's state test result (44.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Blossom Elementary School this school | 408 | 49.5% | 44.8% |
| Union Grove Elementary School GLADEWATER | 376 | 47.3% | 52.2% |
| Lumberton Early Childhood School LUMBERTON | 396 | 49.0% | N/A |
| Tolar Elementary School TOLAR | 418 | 44.5% | 39.5% |
| Henrietta Elementary School HENRIETTA | 402 | 55.0% | 39.8% |
| Bells Elementary School BELLS | 458 | 45.4% | 55.5% |
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 Blossom Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Lamar County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.8% | #1,992 of 4,401 | #2 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 58.0% | #1,097 of 4,466 ▲ 305 | #1 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #2,080 of 4,466 ▲ 202 | #3 of 7 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +34.5pp | #86 of 3,998 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 408 | #3,422 of 4,938 | #5 of 10 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.8:1 | #2,218 of 4,622 | #3 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 28.7% | #3,474 of 4,628 | #8 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 49.5% | #3,601 of 4,789 | #9 of 10 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.0% | #2,393 of 2,838 | 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
408
+13 (+3%) vs 2020
-1% since 1990-91, when it was 412
Student : Teacher
14.8:1
was 15.8:1
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 | 408 | 27.7 | 14.8:1 | 50% (202) |
| 2023-24 | 429 | 29.6 | 14.5:1 | 56% (241) |
| 2022-23 | 418 | 26.6 | 15.7:1 | 55% (230) |
| 2020-21 | 395 | 25 | 15.8:1 | 53% (208) |
| 2017-18 | 434 | 26 | 16.7:1 | 51% (222) |
| 2015-16 | 391 | 25 | 15.6:1 | 58% (228) |
| 2010-11 | 354 | 23 | 15.4:1 | 58% (204) |
| 2000-01 | 363 | 26 | 14.0:1 | 43% (156) |
| 1990-91 | 412 | 26 | 15.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Blossom Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (434 to 408); teachers up 6% (26 to 27.7).
About Blossom Elementary School
Blossom Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school serving families in BLOSSOM, Texas. It reported 408 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 519 students for elementary schools in Texas.
Federal data list 4 schools in PRAIRILAND ISD, with 1,105 students enrolled.
White students account for 84% of the school's enrollment. Other reported shares: 12% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. Lamar County's residents are about 75% White, 8 points below the school's share. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 29, compared with 70 nationally.
Blossom Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1, with 27.7 full-time-equivalent teachers. It is about the same as the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 50% at Blossom Elementary School. The average for public schools in Lamar County is 61%.
Among Texas public elementary schools, Blossom Elementary School outscored 50%, which works out to a B- on the allk12 Grade.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Blossom Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Texas schools: 44.8% actual against 52.5% predicted.
In the wider Lamar County area, the median household earns about $61,880 a year, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 16%. Blossom Elementary School shares Lamar County with 20 other public schools.
Measured in a straight line, Prairiland High School is about 6.0 miles from Blossom Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within ten miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Blossom Elementary School is 5th of 9 on proficiency.
The school is in rural territory some distance from an urban area, according to its NCES locale (Rural: Distant).
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased from 395 to 408, a 3% rise. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 15.8:1; by 2024-25 it was 14.8:1.
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Lamar County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
50,669
Census ACS
Median income
$61,880
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
21
8,516 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PRAIRILAND ISD
- Prairiland High SchoolHigh · 283 students
- Prairiland Junior High SchoolMiddle · 260 students
- Deport Elementary SchoolElementary · 154 students
Nearby schools
- Prairiland High School6.0 mi · 283
- Prairiland Junior High School6.0 mi · 260
- Detroit Junior High School6.8 mi · 112
- Detroit High School6.8 mi · 154
- Detroit Elementary School7.1 mi · 222
- Aikin Elementary School7.6 mi · 866
Frequently asked questions
About Blossom Elementary SchoolHow large is Blossom Elementary School?
Blossom Elementary School enrolls approximately 408 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Blossom Elementary School serve?
Blossom Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Blossom Elementary School have?
Blossom Elementary School employs 28 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.8:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Blossom Elementary School?
At Blossom Elementary School, the student body is approximately 84% White, 12% Hispanic, 0% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Blossom Elementary School public or private?
Blossom Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by PRAIRILAND ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.