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Enrollment
531
Elementary
DISTRICT 288 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CALLISBURG ISD·NCES 481251000753
Callisburg Elementary School
648 FM 3164, GAINESVILLE, TX 76240 · (940) 612-4196 · Cooke County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL531 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 27% 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.
- DBeats 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
14.4:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
47%
248 students
DISTRICT 40% · 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 | 39 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 69 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 82 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 84 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 82 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (69) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (82).
Student demographics
42%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 37% · 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 CALLISBURG ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
48.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +21.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
36.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +0.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 21 points since 2020, while math scores have held steady.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 16.0% | 32.0% | 26.0% | 26.0% |
| Mathematics | 16.0% | 20.0% | 28.0% | 36.0% |
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 | 48.0% | 36.0% |
| 2024-25 | 49.0% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 39.0% | 40.0% |
| 2022-23 | 8.0% | 8.0% |
| 2021-22 | 8.0% | 0.0% |
| 2020-21 | 27.0% | 36.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
37.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
53.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 38% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 54% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Callisburg Elementary School
Callisburg Elementary School's state test result (37.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Callisburg Elementary School this school | 531 | 46.7% | 37.5% |
| Millsap Elementary School MILLSAP | 531 | 45.4% | 41.1% |
| Rio Vista Elementary School RIO VISTA | 507 | 50.3% | 41.0% |
| Merkel Elementary School MERKEL | 563 | 49.2% | 42.8% |
| Lone Oak Elementary School LONE OAK | 540 | 49.4% | 47.1% |
| College Street Elementary School LINDALE | 512 | 44.5% | 76.5% |
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 Callisburg Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Cooke County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.5% | #2,885 of 4,401 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #3,307 of 4,466 ▼ 636 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #2,722 of 4,466 ▼ 183 | N/A |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +34.0pp | #89 of 3,998 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 531 | #2,215 of 4,938 | #3 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.4:1 | #1,848 of 4,622 | #3 of 6 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 41.7% | #2,966 of 4,628 | #4 of 6 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.7% | #3,715 of 4,789 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.0% | #2,385 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
531
-15 (-3%) vs 2020
+148% since 1990-91, when it was 214
Student : Teacher
14.4:1
was 15.2:1
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 | 531 | 37 | 14.4:1 | 47% (248) |
| 2023-24 | 556 | 36.3 | 15.3:1 | 53% (297) |
| 2022-23 | 549 | 38.3 | 14.3:1 | 50% (274) |
| 2020-21 | 546 | 36 | 15.2:1 | 49% (266) |
| 2017-18 | 565 | 31.6 | 17.9:1 | 48% (274) |
| 2015-16 | 523 | 33 | 15.8:1 | 47% (244) |
| 2010-11 | 576 | 39 | 14.8:1 | 54% (313) |
| 2000-01 | 239 | 17 | 14.1:1 | 31% (75) |
| 1990-91 | 214 | 33 | 6.5:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Callisburg Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (565 to 531); teachers up 17% (31.6 to 37).
About Callisburg Elementary School
Callisburg Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in GAINESVILLE, Texas, administered by CALLISBURG ISD. It teaches 531 students in pre-K through 5.
Within CALLISBURG ISD, Callisburg Elementary School is one of 4 schools. The district enrolls 1,151 students.
More than half of enrollment at Callisburg Elementary School is White: 73%. Next come 20% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. In Cooke County overall, the White share is about 77%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Callisburg Elementary School scores 42%.
Callisburg Elementary School lists 37 full-time-equivalent teachers; that is about 14.4 students per teacher. The gap from the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is 0.7 students per teacher. About 47% of students at Callisburg Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. The average for public schools in Cooke County is similar, at 48%.
Among Texas public elementary schools, Callisburg Elementary School outscored 27%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
After accounting for student poverty, Callisburg Elementary School is in the bottom 10% of Texas schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results of 37.5% is 16.2 points below the 53.7% predicted for its lunch-eligibility share.
The school's county is Cooke County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $73,932, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and about 10% of people live in poverty. Cooke County's 20 public schools enroll about 6,986 students and include Callisburg Elementary School.
Lone Star H S North (tjjd) is the nearest public school to Callisburg Elementary School, about 4.9 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within ten miles. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Callisburg Elementary School ranks 6th on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Callisburg Elementary School in rural territory some distance from an urban area (Rural: Distant).
Enrollment figures show a decline of 15 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
Callisburg Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Cooke County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
43,046
Census ACS
Median income
$73,932
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
10%
Below federal line
Schools in county
20
6,986 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CALLISBURG ISD
- Callisburg High SchoolHigh · 327 students
- Callisburg Middle SchoolMiddle · 287 students
- DAEPHigh · 6 students
Other schools in GAINESVILLE
- Gainesville High SchoolHigh · 876 students
- W E Chalmers Elementary SchoolElementary · 703 students
- Edison Elementary SchoolElementary · 630 students
- Gainesville Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 480 students
- Gainesville Junior High SchoolMiddle · 422 students
- Walnut Bend Elementary SchoolElementary · 73 students
Nearby schools
- Lone Star H S North (tjjd)4.9 mi · 162
- W E Chalmers Elementary School5.6 mi · 703
- DAEP5.9 mi · 6
- Whitesboro High School6.2 mi · 508
- Whitesboro Middle School6.5 mi · 372
- Callisburg Middle School6.6 mi · 287
Frequently asked questions
About Callisburg Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Callisburg Elementary School?
Callisburg Elementary School enrolls approximately 531 students in grades PK-05.
Is Callisburg Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Callisburg Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Callisburg Elementary School?
Approximately 14.4:1 students per teacher at Callisburg Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Callisburg Elementary School?
Student demographics at Callisburg Elementary School are roughly 73% White, 20% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Is Callisburg Elementary School public or private?
Callisburg Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by CALLISBURG ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.