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Enrollment
423
Elementary
DISTRICT 360 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BULLARD ISD·NCES 481206000702
Bullard Elementary School
2008 PANTHER CROSSING, BULLARD, TX 75757 · (903) 894-2930 · Cherokee County
GRADES 03–04ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL423 STUDENTS
A
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 87% of Texas public elementary schools
- ATest 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.
- B-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
13.9:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
125 students
DISTRICT 28% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 224 | 53% |
| Grade 4 | 199 | 47% |
Student demographics
32%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 31% · 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
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within BULLARD ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
66.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +52.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
65.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +36.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 65 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 52 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 36 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 29.0% | 37.0% | 18.0% | 16.0% |
| Mathematics | 38.0% | 27.0% | 16.0% | 19.0% |
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 | 66.0% | 65.0% |
| 2024-25 | 72.0% | 67.0% |
| 2023-24 | 66.0% | 63.0% |
| 2022-23 | 58.0% | 58.0% |
| 2021-22 | 50.0% | 50.0% |
| 2020-21 | 14.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
67.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+6.1pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Bullard Elementary School
Bullard Elementary School's state test result (67.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bullard Elementary School this school | 423 | 29.6% | 67.2% |
| Lorena Elementary School LORENA | 409 | 26.7% | 59.5% |
| Bullard Primary School BULLARD | 409 | 25.4% | N/A |
| Stewart Creek Elementary School MONTGOMERY | 422 | 29.4% | 58.1% |
| Lorena Primary School LORENA | 390 | 32.8% | N/A |
| Holliday Elementary School HOLLIDAY | 494 | 23.3% | 56.0% |
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 Bullard Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Cherokee County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 67.2% | #407 of 4,401 | #1 of 8 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #622 of 4,466 ▼ 121 | #1 of 8 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #927 of 4,466 ▼ 313 | #2 of 8 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.5pp | #1,777 of 3,998 | #4 of 8 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 423 | #3,297 of 4,938 | #4 of 11 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #1,439 of 4,622 | #4 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.1% | #3,352 of 4,628 | #9 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.6% | #4,228 of 4,789 | #10 of 11 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.9% | #766 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
423
+46 (+12%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 405
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 13.0:1
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 | 423 | 30.4 | 13.9:1 | 30% (125) |
| 2023-24 | 425 | 30 | 14.2:1 | 34% (144) |
| 2022-23 | 434 | 30.4 | 14.3:1 | 35% (154) |
| 2020-21 | 377 | 29 | 13.0:1 | 32% (122) |
| 2017-18 | 385 | 28.8 | 13.4:1 | 32% (124) |
| 2015-16 | 533 | 38 | 14.0:1 | 38% (201) |
| 2010-11 | 468 | 30 | 15.6:1 | 38% (179) |
| 2000-01 | 663 | 40 | 16.6:1 | 33% (222) |
| 1990-91 | 405 | 24 | 16.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Bullard Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 10% (385 to 423); teachers up 6% (28.8 to 30.4).
About Bullard Elementary School
Bullard Elementary School is one of the public schools in BULLARD, Texas. It is a small elementary school. The school reports 423 students in grades 3 through 4.
BULLARD ISD runs 6 schools with a combined 2,921 students. Bullard Elementary School is one of them.
Bullard Elementary School enrolls a student body that is 81% White. The school is also 13% Hispanic and 4% Black. That is higher than the 65% White share among all Cherokee County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Bullard Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 32%.
With 30.4 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Bullard Elementary School was 13.9:1. Among elementary schools in Texas, the typical ratio is 15.1:1. Bullard Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 30%. Compared with the 66% average for public schools in Cherokee County, the school's rate is lower.
Bullard Elementary School is graded A by allk12, scoring above 87% of Texas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Bullard Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 67.2% is 6.1 points above the 61.1% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Census estimates describe Cherokee County this way: median household income is about $61,261, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 19% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 15%. Federal data list 24 public schools in Cherokee County, with a combined enrollment of about 10,948.
Bullard Primary School is located about 0.1 miles from Bullard Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: 5. The nearest schools with test data average 61.8%, lower than Bullard Elementary School's 67.2%.
Under the NCES locale system, Bullard Elementary School is Rural: Fringe.
Bullard Elementary School had 377 students in 2020-21 and 423 in 2024-25, a 12% gain.
The discussion area below is open to posts about school events, clubs, and volunteer needs. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Cherokee County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
51,886
Census ACS
Median income
$61,261
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
19%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
15%
Below federal line
Schools in county
24
10,948 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BULLARD ISD
- Bullard High SchoolHigh · 909 students
- Bullard Middle SchoolMiddle · 478 students
- Bullard Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 453 students
- Bullard Primary SchoolElementary · 409 students
- Bullard Early ChildhoodElementary · 249 students
Other schools in BULLARD
- Bullard High SchoolHigh · 909 students
- Bullard Middle SchoolMiddle · 478 students
- Bullard Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 453 students
- Bullard Primary SchoolElementary · 409 students
- Bullard Early ChildhoodElementary · 249 students
Other Bullard Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Bullard Elementary. Bullard Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Bullard Elementary SchoolKennesaw, GA · 799 students
Nearby schools
- Bullard Primary School0.1 mi · 409
- Bullard High School0.3 mi · 909
- Bullard Intermediate School0.4 mi · 453
- Bullard Early Childhood0.4 mi · 249
- Bullard Middle School0.5 mi · 478
- Owens Elementary School7.5 mi · 712
Frequently asked questions
About Bullard Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Bullard Elementary School?
Bullard Elementary School enrolls approximately 423 students in grades 03-04.
What grades does Bullard Elementary School serve?
Bullard Elementary School serves grades 03-04.
How many students per teacher at Bullard Elementary School?
Approximately 13.9:1 students per teacher at Bullard Elementary School.
How diverse is Bullard Elementary School?
Bullard Elementary School reports a student body of 81% White, 13% Hispanic, 4% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Bullard Elementary School?
Bullard Elementary School is overseen by BULLARD ISD in Cherokee County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.