Enrollment
345
Elementary
DISTRICT 406 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WICHITA FALLS ISD·NCES 484578005202
Burgess Elementary School
3106 MAURINE ST, WICHITA FALLS, TX 76305 · (940) 235-1136 · Wichita County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL345 STUDENTS
F
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Scored higher than 3% of Texas public elementary schools
- DTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- FThree-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
12.8:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
302 students
DISTRICT 69% · 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 | 17 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 70 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 53 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 47 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 63 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (70) is 49% larger than its 5th grade class (47).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
23.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -15.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
31.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +18.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 23 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 31 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 15 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 18 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 14.0% | 9.0% | 31.0% | 46.0% |
| Mathematics | 13.0% | 18.0% | 29.0% | 40.0% |
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 | 23.0% | 31.0% |
| 2024-25 | 29.0% | 29.0% |
| 2023-24 | 24.0% | 31.0% |
| 2022-23 | 71.0% | 43.0% |
| 2021-22 | 50.0% | 25.0% |
| 2020-21 | 38.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
25.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 26% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Burgess Elementary School
Burgess Elementary School's state test result (25.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Burgess Elementary School this school | 345 | 87.5% | 25.6% |
| Connally Elementary School WACO | 352 | 81.5% | 15.5% |
| Parker Elementary School GALVESTON | 436 | 84.2% | 51.9% |
| Moss Elementary School MESQUITE | 337 | 85.8% | 35.1% |
| Mountainview Elementary School WACO | 349 | 84.8% | 30.5% |
| Stewart Elementary School HITCHCOCK | 355 | 80.3% | 26.4% |
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 Burgess Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Wichita County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 25.6% | #4,018 of 4,401 | #16 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 31.0% | #3,878 of 4,466 ▼ 9 | #16 of 19 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #4,429 of 4,466 ▼ 191 | #19 of 19 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -30.0pp | #17 of 3,998 | #1 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 345 | #3,906 of 4,938 | #18 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.8:1 | #674 of 4,622 | #6 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 72.3% | #306 of 4,628 | #1 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.5% | #1,337 of 4,789 | #6 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +21.9% | #379 of 1,307 | #2 of 6 |
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
345
+69 (+25%) vs 2020
-26% since 1990-91, when it was 467
Student : Teacher
12.8:1
was 10.6:1
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 | 345 | 27 | 12.8:1 | 88% (302) |
| 2023-24 | 376 | 29.3 | 12.8:1 | 92% (347) |
| 2022-23 | 253 | 23.8 | 10.7:1 | 93% (235) |
| 2020-21 | 276 | 26 | 10.6:1 | 83% (230) |
| 2017-18 | 283 | 31.2 | 9.1:1 | 94% (267) |
| 2015-16 | 432 | 35 | 12.3:1 | 94% (407) |
| 2010-11 | 368 | 29 | 12.7:1 | 89% (328) |
| 2000-01 | 524 | 43 | 12.2:1 | 79% (412) |
| 1990-91 | 467 | 34 | 13.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Burgess Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 22% (283 to 345); teachers down 13% (31.2 to 27).
About Burgess Elementary School
Located in WICHITA FALLS, Texas, Burgess Elementary School is a small elementary school. The school counts 345 students across pre-K through 5. The typical figure for elementary schools in Texas is about 519 students.
The 25 schools of WICHITA FALLS ISD, including Burgess Elementary School, enroll 16,226 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Burgess Elementary School. The largest is Black students, at 33%. The remaining students are 32% Hispanic, 23% White, and 10% multiracial. Census figures show Wichita County is about 11% Black. Burgess Elementary School's diversity index is 72%, against a US figure of 70%.
Its 27 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 12.8:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. The school's lunch program data list 88% of students as eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That rate is above the 62% average among public schools in Wichita County.
Burgess Elementary School is graded F by allk12, scoring above 3% of Texas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Burgess Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 25.6% and a predicted 36.3%.
Within Wichita County, the median household income is $63,524, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 25% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. In all, Wichita County has 53 public schools and roughly 23,047 students.
Hirschi High School is located about 0.2 miles from Burgess Elementary School. The five-mile area around Burgess Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. The nearest schools with test data average 33.5%, higher than Burgess Elementary School's 25.6%.
Burgess Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size.
Enrollment has grown by 69 students since 2020-21, to 345. By 2024-25, the school had 12.8 students per teacher, compared with 10.6 in 2020-21.
Questions about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news can be posted here. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Wichita County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
129,996
Census ACS
Median income
$63,524
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
53
23,047 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WICHITA FALLS ISD
- Legacy High SchoolHigh · 1,857 students
- Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,650 students
- Rider High SchoolHigh · 1,569 students
- Wichita Falls High SchoolHigh · 1,243 students
- Barwise Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,164 students
- McNiel Middle SchoolMiddle · 996 students
Other schools in WICHITA FALLS
- Legacy High SchoolHigh · 1,857 students
- Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,650 students
- Rider High SchoolHigh · 1,569 students
- Wichita Falls High SchoolHigh · 1,243 students
- Barwise Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,164 students
- McNiel Middle SchoolMiddle · 996 students
Other Burgess Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Burgess Elementary. Burgess Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 3.
- Burgess ElementarySturbridge, MA · 842 students
- Burgess ElementaryMyrtle Beach, SC · 697 students
Nearby schools
- Hirschi High School0.2 mi · 770
- Hirschi Middle School0.2 mi · 464
- City View Elementary School1.4 mi · 504
- City View Junior/Senior High1.6 mi · 646
- Scotland Park Elementary School1.7 mi · 542
- Haynes Head Start1.8 mi · 282
Frequently asked questions
About Burgess Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Burgess Elementary School?
Burgess Elementary School enrolls approximately 345 students in grades PK-05.
Is Burgess Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Burgess Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Burgess Elementary School?
Approximately 12.8:1 students per teacher at Burgess Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Burgess Elementary School?
Student demographics at Burgess Elementary School are roughly 23% White, 32% Hispanic, 33% Black, 1% Asian, 10% Two or more.
What district is Burgess Elementary School in?
Burgess Elementary School is part of WICHITA FALLS ISD.
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