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Enrollment
611
Elementary
DISTRICT 573 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·JOSHUA ISD·NCES 482493010859
Caddo Grove Elementary School
7301 FM 1902, JOSHUA, TX 76058 · (817) 202-2500 · Johnson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL611 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 28% of Texas public elementary schools
- CTest 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.
- BThree-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
16.6:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
68%
415 students
DISTRICT 48% · 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 | 43 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 84 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 102 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 107 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 108 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (84) is 22% smaller than its 5th grade class (108).
Student demographics
53%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
39.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +14.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
35.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -5.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 14 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 15.0% | 24.0% | 34.0% | 27.0% |
| Mathematics | 16.0% | 19.0% | 27.0% | 38.0% |
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 | 39.0% | 35.0% |
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 35.0% | 44.0% |
| 2022-23 | 30.0% | 28.0% |
| 2021-22 | 33.0% | 31.0% |
| 2020-21 | 25.0% | 40.0% |
% 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
37.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
44.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-7.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 Caddo Grove Elementary School
Caddo Grove Elementary School's state test result (37.2% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caddo Grove Elementary School this school | 611 | 67.9% | 37.2% |
| Melba Passmore Elementary School ALVIN | 592 | 69.3% | 51.4% |
| Fulton Elementary School FULTON | 619 | 65.9% | 29.3% |
| Ingram Elementary School INGRAM | 642 | 69.0% | 59.5% |
| Nimitz Elementary School KERRVILLE | 520 | 69.6% | 52.9% |
| Edward B Cannan Elementary School WILLIS | 714 | 69.5% | 36.3% |
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 Caddo Grove Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Johnson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.2% | #2,921 of 4,401 | #24 of 29 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #3,457 of 4,466 ▼ 1,205 | #28 of 33 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #3,765 of 4,466 ▼ 550 | #31 of 33 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.0pp | #1,733 of 3,998 | #15 of 27 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 611 | #1,529 of 4,938 | #8 of 34 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #3,652 of 4,622 | #29 of 34 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.2% | #2,113 of 4,628 | #20 of 34 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.9% | #2,671 of 4,789 | #11 of 34 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.8% | #2,553 of 2,838 | #16 of 21 |
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
611
+60 (+11%) vs 2020
-10% since 2010-11, when it was 680
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
was 15.3:1
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 | 611 | 36.9 | 16.6:1 | 68% (415) |
| 2023-24 | 629 | 38 | 16.6:1 | 70% (441) |
| 2022-23 | 595 | 39 | 15.3:1 | 71% (425) |
| 2020-21 | 551 | 36 | 15.3:1 | 70% (386) |
| 2017-18 | 635 | 41.8 | 15.2:1 | 83% (524) |
| 2015-16 | 668 | 45 | 14.8:1 | 79% (527) |
| 2010-11 | 680 | 45 | 15.1:1 | 80% (546) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Caddo Grove Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (635 to 611); teachers down 12% (41.8 to 36.9).
About Caddo Grove Elementary School
Caddo Grove Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in Texas, with an address in JOSHUA. The school enrolls 611 students in pre-K through 5.
JOSHUA ISD runs 10 schools with a combined 6,026 students. Caddo Grove Elementary School is one of them.
The student body at Caddo Grove Elementary School is 56% Hispanic. The school is also 39% White and 3% multiracial. The Hispanic share of the county population is lower, at 25%. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 53, compared with 70 nationally.
For every teacher at Caddo Grove Elementary School, there are about 16.6 students; the school has 36.9 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, so this school has more students per teacher. There are 415 students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, 68% of enrollment. Public schools in Johnson County average 51%.
Caddo Grove Elementary School earns a C on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 28% of Texas public elementary schools.
Caddo Grove Elementary School scores 37.2% on state tests, averaged across results. The predicted figure, based on its student poverty level, is 44.7%.
American Community Survey estimates for Johnson County show that the median household earns about $84,859 a year, about 25% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 7% of residents are in poverty. Johnson County has 77 public schools with about 39,004 students, including Caddo Grove Elementary School.
Measured in a straight line, R C Loflin Middle School is about 0.2 miles from Caddo Grove Elementary School. Other public schools within five miles: at least 8. The nearest schools with test data average 57.8%, higher than Caddo Grove Elementary School's 37.2%.
NCES assigns Caddo Grove Elementary School the locale Rural: Fringe, meaning in rural territory close to an urban area.
By 2024-25, enrollment had risen to 611, from 551 in 2020-21. The school's ratio increased from 15.3:1 to 16.6:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
The Caddo Grove Elementary School discussion page is a place for homework, tutoring, and testing dates. You can also rate the school on this page.
Johnson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
195,597
Census ACS
Median income
$84,859
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
77
39,004 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in JOSHUA ISD
- Joshua High SchoolHigh · 1,313 students
- North Joshua Elementary SchoolElementary · 733 students
- R C Loflin Middle SchoolMiddle · 696 students
- A G Elder Elementary SchoolElementary · 670 students
- Tom and Nita Nichols Middle SchoolMiddle · 654 students
- Joshua H S Ninth Grade CampusHigh · 467 students
Other schools in JOSHUA
- Joshua High SchoolHigh · 1,313 students
- R C Loflin Middle SchoolMiddle · 696 students
- A G Elder Elementary SchoolElementary · 670 students
- Pleasant View Elementary SchoolElementary · 536 students
- Joshua H S Ninth Grade CampusHigh · 467 students
- Plum Creek Elementary SchoolElementary · 446 students
Nearby schools
- R C Loflin Middle School0.2 mi · 696
- H D Staples Elementary School2.4 mi · 406
- Pleasant View Elementary School2.8 mi · 536
- Joshua High School2.9 mi · 1,313
- A G Elder Elementary School2.9 mi · 670
- Joshua H S Ninth Grade Campus3.0 mi · 467
Frequently asked questions
About Caddo Grove Elementary SchoolHow large is Caddo Grove Elementary School?
Caddo Grove Elementary School enrolls approximately 611 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Caddo Grove Elementary School serve?
Caddo Grove Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Caddo Grove Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Caddo Grove Elementary School is approximately 16.6:1 (37 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Caddo Grove Elementary School?
At Caddo Grove Elementary School, the student body is approximately 39% White, 56% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Caddo Grove Elementary School in?
Caddo Grove Elementary School is part of JOSHUA ISD.
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