Enrollment
394
Elementary
DISTRICT 529 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TYLER ISD·NCES 484347004931
Clarkston Elementary School
2915 WILLIAMSBURG, TYLER, TX 75701 · (903) 262-1980 · Smith County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL394 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
303 students
DISTRICT 77% · 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 | 36 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 66 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 58 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 58 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is about the same size as its 5th grade class (58).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
45.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +12.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
34.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +1.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 12 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 17.0% | 28.0% | 25.0% | 30.0% |
| Mathematics | 12.0% | 22.0% | 24.0% | 42.0% |
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 | 45.0% | 34.0% |
| 2024-25 | 40.0% | 33.0% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 31.0% |
| 2022-23 | 54.0% | 46.0% |
| 2021-22 | 56.0% | 33.0% |
| 2020-21 | 33.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
35.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-5.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Clarkston Elementary School
Clarkston Elementary School's state test result (35.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Clarkston Elementary School this school | 394 | 76.9% | 35.6% |
| Brandon Elementary School LUFKIN | 386 | 78.2% | 49.1% |
| Johnston-McQueen Elementary School LONGVIEW | 464 | 76.1% | 40.8% |
| Donna Park HURST | 439 | 72.7% | 49.0% |
| Trinity Basin Preparatory - Grand Prairie GRAND PRAIRIE | 433 | 78.8% | 33.1% |
| Sul Ross Elementary School BRYAN | 476 | 74.6% | 46.5% |
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 Clarkston Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Smith County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 35.6% | #3,098 of 4,401 | #20 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #3,596 of 4,466 ▼ 80 | #25 of 31 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 45.0% | #3,190 of 4,466 ▲ 345 | #20 of 31 ▲ 4 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -10.5pp | #327 of 3,998 | #8 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 394 | #3,535 of 4,938 | #25 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.0:1 | #1,506 of 4,622 | #9 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.8% | #350 of 4,628 | #1 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 76.9% | #2,153 of 4,789 | #15 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +11.0% | #715 of 1,307 | #10 of 16 |
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
394
+10 (+3%) vs 2020
-12% since 1990-91, when it was 449
Student : Teacher
14.0:1
was 14.2:1
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 | 394 | 28.2 | 14.0:1 | 77% (303) |
| 2023-24 | 379 | 28.3 | 13.4:1 | 84% (317) |
| 2022-23 | 363 | 28.5 | 12.7:1 | 81% (295) |
| 2020-21 | 384 | 27 | 14.2:1 | 79% (305) |
| 2017-18 | 355 | 24.9 | 14.3:1 | 67% (239) |
| 2015-16 | 358 | 29 | 12.3:1 | 68% (245) |
| 2010-11 | 395 | 31 | 12.7:1 | 60% (237) |
| 2000-01 | 399 | 32 | 12.5:1 | 38% (150) |
| 1990-91 | 449 | 27 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Clarkston Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 11% (355 to 394); teachers up 13% (24.9 to 28.2).
About Clarkston Elementary School
Clarkston Elementary School is a small elementary school in Texas, located in TYLER. The school's enrollment of 394 students covers pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 24% lower than the average for elementary schools in Texas, which is about 519.
The district, TYLER ISD, operates 26 schools serving 18,708 students.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Clarkston Elementary School. The largest is Black students, at 38%. Smaller groups are 29% White, 21% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, and 2% Asian. For comparison, the population of Smith County is roughly 16% Black. The school's diversity index is 72%, meaning two students picked at random have a 72% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its 28.2 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 14.0:1. This ratio sits 1.1 below the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 77%. That rate is above the 64% average among public schools in Smith County.
Schools in Texas with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 40.9%. Clarkston Elementary School scores 35.6%.
Smith County has about 241,740 residents, and the median household income is $74,192, 29% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Clarkston Elementary School, Smith County has 64 other public schools.
The next-closest public school is Ut Tyler University Academy at Tyler, about 1.3 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Clarkston Elementary School is 6th of 6 on proficiency.
In the federal locale system, Clarkston Elementary School is coded City: Mid-size, for schools inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
2024-25 enrollment was 394, a 3% increase from 384 in 2020-21.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Clarkston Elementary School. Anyone with firsthand experience at this school can post or comment.
Smith County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
241,740
Census ACS
Median income
$74,192
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
65
37,385 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in TYLER ISD
- Tyler Legacy High SchoolHigh · 2,770 students
- Tyler High SchoolHigh · 2,148 students
- Moore Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,019 students
- Three Lakes Middle SchoolMiddle · 948 students
- Boulter Middle SchoolMiddle · 901 students
- Hubbard Middle SchoolMiddle · 869 students
Other schools in TYLER
- Tyler Legacy High SchoolHigh · 2,770 students
- Tyler High SchoolHigh · 2,148 students
- Moore Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,019 students
- Chapel Hill High SchoolHigh · 990 students
- Three Lakes Middle SchoolMiddle · 948 students
- Boulter Middle SchoolMiddle · 901 students
Other Clarkston Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Clarkston Elementary. Clarkston Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Clarkston Elementary SchoolCLARKSTON, MI · 416 students
Nearby schools
- Ut Tyler University Academy at Tyler1.3 mi · 446
- Moore Middle School1.4 mi · 1,019
- Bell Elementary School1.5 mi · 540
- Woods Elementary School1.7 mi · 810
- Wise Elementary School1.9 mi · 593
- Trinity Charter Schools - Virtual Reclaim Academy1.9 mi · 68
Frequently asked questions
About Clarkston Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Clarkston Elementary School?
Clarkston Elementary School enrolls approximately 394 students in grades PK-05.
Is Clarkston Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Clarkston Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Clarkston Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Clarkston Elementary School is approximately 14.0:1 (28 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Clarkston Elementary School?
Clarkston Elementary School reports a student body of 29% White, 21% Hispanic, 38% Black, 2% Asian, 9% Two or more.
What district is Clarkston Elementary School in?
Clarkston Elementary School is part of TYLER ISD.
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