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Enrollment
605
Elementary
DISTRICT 623 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIDLAND ISD·NCES 483057008987
Carver Center
1300 E WALL ST, MIDLAND, TX 79701 · (432) 240-6400 · Midland County
GRADES 01–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYCHARTERREGULAR SCHOOL605 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 97% of Texas public elementary schools
- A+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+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
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
35 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
24%
147 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 1 | 49 | 8% |
| Grade 2 | 118 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 104 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 99 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 133 | 22% |
| Grade 6 | 102 | 17% |
This year's 1st grade class (49) is 52% smaller than its 6th grade class (102).
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
98.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +5.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
96.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +7.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 98 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 96 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 5 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 85.0% | 13.0% | 2.0% | 0.0% |
| Mathematics | 72.0% | 24.0% | 3.0% | 1.0% |
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 | 98.0% | 96.0% |
| 2024-25 | 98.0% | 97.0% |
| 2023-24 | 98.0% | 92.0% |
| 2022-23 | 95.0% | 95.0% |
| 2021-22 | 92.0% | 96.0% |
| 2020-21 | 93.0% | 89.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
93.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
63.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+30.5pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 94% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 63% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 30 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 Carver Center
Carver Center's state test result (93.8% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Carver Center this school | 605 | 24.3% | 93.8% |
| Hassler Elementary School KLEIN | 625 | 25.8% | 74.7% |
| Walter Hall Elementary School LEAGUE CITY | 554 | 24.2% | 60.4% |
| Jim Plain Elementary School LEANDER | 704 | 23.9% | 44.1% |
| Rustic Oak Elementary School PEARLAND | 645 | 30.2% | 65.8% |
| Encino Park Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 607 | 20.4% | 69.1% |
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 Carver Center ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Midland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 93.8% | #4 of 4,401 | #1 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 96.0% | #3 of 4,466 no change | #1 of 27 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 98.0% | #4 of 4,466 no change | #1 of 27 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +2.0pp | #2,563 of 3,998 | #16 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 605 | #1,588 of 4,938 | #13 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #3,940 of 4,622 | #9 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.3% | #778 of 4,628 | #2 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 24.3% | #4,341 of 4,789 | #31 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +19.8% | #422 of 1,307 | #8 of 22 |
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
605
+105 (+21%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 17.9:1
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 | 605 | 35.3 | 17.1:1 | 24% (147) |
| 2023-24 | 510 | 29.7 | 17.2:1 | 20% (102) |
| 2022-23 | 488 | 29.3 | 16.7:1 | 17% (81) |
| 2020-21 | 500 | 28 | 17.9:1 | 18% (89) |
| 2017-18 | 505 | 27.5 | 18.4:1 | 11% (56) |
| 2015-16 | 468 | 24 | 19.5:1 | 9% (44) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Carver Center.
Since 2017-18: students up 20% (505 to 605); teachers up 29% (27.5 to 35.3).
About Carver Center
Carver Center is a mid-sized elementary school with its address in MIDLAND, Texas. There are 605 students enrolled, covering grades 1 through 6.
A total of 40 schools make up MIDLAND ISD, with 29,651 students enrolled.
The largest group at Carver Center is White students, at 47%. The school is also 30% Hispanic, 10% Asian, 8% Black, and 5% multiracial. That is lower than the 56% White share among all Midland County residents. The diversity index for Carver Center is 67%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
There are about 17.1 students for every full-time-equivalent teacher at Carver Center, which has 35.3. Elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1, 2.0 fewer students per teacher than here. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Carver Center is about 24%. That rate is below the 57% average among public schools in Midland County.
On the allk12 Grade, Carver Center lands at A+, ahead of 97% of Texas public elementary schools.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Carver Center is in the top 10% of Texas schools: 93.8% actual against 63.3% predicted.
For Midland County, Census Bureau data show median household income comes to about $92,874, about 31% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The county has 52 public schools and about 35,119 students.
Young Women's Leadership Academy is about 0.3 miles from Carver Center, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Carver Center holds at least 8 other public schools. Among 7 nearby schools that report test results, Carver Center ranks 1st on proficiency.
The school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, according to its NCES locale (City: Mid-size). The school is a charter school, funded with public money and operated under a charter agreement.
From 500 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 605 by 2024-25.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Midland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
174,801
Census ACS
Median income
$92,874
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
35,119 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MIDLAND ISD
- Legacy High SchoolHigh · 2,735 students
- Midland High SchoolHigh · 2,718 students
- IDEA Travis AcademyCombined · 1,298 students
- Goddard Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,210 students
- Abell Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,129 students
- General Tommy Franks Elementary SchoolElementary · 950 students
Other schools in MIDLAND
- Legacy High SchoolHigh · 2,735 students
- Midland High SchoolHigh · 2,718 students
- IDEA Travis AcademyCombined · 1,298 students
- Goddard Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,210 students
- Abell Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,129 students
- General Tommy Franks Elementary SchoolElementary · 950 students
Nearby schools
- Young Women's Leadership Academy0.3 mi · 424
- Ralph Bunche Elementary School0.6 mi · 841
- De Zavala Elementary School0.6 mi · 669
- Midland Academy Charter School0.8 mi · 421
- South Elementary School1.3 mi · 651
- General Tommy Franks Elementary School1.3 mi · 950
Frequently asked questions
About Carver CenterWhat is the total enrollment at Carver Center?
Carver Center enrolls approximately 605 students in grades 01-06.
Is Carver Center an elementary, middle, or high school?
Carver Center is an elementary school covering grades 01-06.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Carver Center?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Carver Center is approximately 17.1:1 (35 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Carver Center?
At Carver Center, the student body is approximately 47% White, 30% Hispanic, 8% Black, 10% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Carver Center in?
Carver Center is part of MIDLAND ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.