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Caldwell Elementary School
- C+Test 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.
- C-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
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 54 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 74 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 93 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 73 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 98 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 62 | 11% |
| Grade 5 | 91 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (91).
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 27 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 19 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 28.0% | 22.0% | 24.0% | 26.0% |
| Mathematics | 17.0% | 24.0% | 24.0% | 35.0% |
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 50.0% | 41.0% |
| 2024-25 | 44.0% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 48.0% |
| 2022-23 | 48.0% | 50.0% |
| 2021-22 | 46.0% | 42.0% |
| 2020-21 | 23.0% | 22.0% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 44% 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%.
Schools most like Caldwell Elementary School
Caldwell Elementary School's state test result (41.3% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Caldwell Elementary School this school | 545 | 69.9% | 41.3% |
| T W Ogg Elementary School CLUTE | 525 | 68.4% | 63.8% |
| Rhodes Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 492 | 70.9% | 25.8% |
| South Hi Mount Elementary School FORT WORTH | 510 | 74.5% | 40.6% |
| Woodstone Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 554 | 72.2% | 50.1% |
| Northrich Elementary School RICHARDSON | 509 | 65.2% | 44.3% |
Where Caldwell Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Travis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.3% | #2,433 of 4,401 | #74 of 166 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #2,782 of 4,466 ▼ 28 | #93 of 176 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #2,551 of 4,466 ▲ 589 | #88 of 176 ▲ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -3.5pp | #812 of 3,998 | #31 of 166 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 545 | #2,094 of 4,938 | #74 of 183 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.1:1 | #395 of 4,622 | #41 of 174 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.6% | #2,079 of 4,628 | #76 of 174 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 69.9% | #2,566 of 4,789 | #85 of 170 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.8% | #1,451 of 2,838 | #70 of 120 |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 545 | 44.9 | 12.1:1 | 70% (381) |
| 2023-24 | 540 | 45.5 | 11.9:1 | 67% (362) |
| 2022-23 | 532 | 45.7 | 11.6:1 | 58% (310) |
| 2020-21 | 569 | 47 | 12.1:1 | 57% (324) |
| 2017-18 | 655 | 47.4 | 13.8:1 | 47% (306) |
| 2015-16 | 706 | 46 | 15.3:1 | 50% (351) |
| 2010-11 | 739 | 51 | 14.5:1 | 53% (390) |
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (655 to 545); teachers down 5% (47.4 to 44.9).
About Caldwell Elementary School
Caldwell Elementary School is an elementary school located in ROUND ROCK, Texas, in Travis County. It teaches 545 students in pre-K through 5.
PFLUGERVILLE ISD has 35 schools and 25,477 students, and Caldwell Elementary School is one of those schools.
More than half of the students at Caldwell Elementary School are Hispanic (65%). Other reported shares: 16% White, 10% Black, 5% multiracial, and 4% Asian. That compares with about 33% Hispanic among all Travis County residents. The diversity index for Caldwell Elementary School is 54%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school has 44.9 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 12.1 students per teacher. The average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, so this school has fewer students per teacher. The school reported 70% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. It compares with 54% for public schools in Travis County.
Among Texas public elementary schools, Caldwell Elementary School outscored 36%, which works out to a C+ on the allk12 Grade.
The model predicts 43.8% for a school in Texas with Caldwell Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Caldwell Elementary School posts 41.3%.
The school's county is Travis County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $99,611, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 57%, and about 7% of people live in poverty. Travis County's 333 public schools enroll about 191,706 students and include Caldwell Elementary School.
A public school about 0.7 miles away, Windermere Elementary School, is the closest to Caldwell Elementary School. Caldwell Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Caldwell Elementary School comes in 5th of 9 nearby schools on average proficiency.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Large, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased from 569 to 545, a 4% decline.
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