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How has CRESTVIEW EL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
544
Elementary
DISTRICT 369 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·NEW BOSTON ISD·NCES 483234003585
Crestview Elementary School
604 N MCCOY BLVD, NEW BOSTON, TX 75570 · (903) 628-6521 · Bowie County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL544 STUDENTS
C
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 34% 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.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
10.8:1
50 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 9.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
84%
457 students
DISTRICT 80% · 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 | 95 | 17% |
| Kindergarten | 64 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 68 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 79 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 85 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 72 | 13% |
| Grade 5 | 81 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (64) is 21% smaller than its 5th grade class (81).
Student demographics
63%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 62% · 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 NEW BOSTON ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
53.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +31.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
44.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +22.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 53 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 44 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 31 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 22 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 21.0% | 32.0% | 19.0% | 28.0% |
| Mathematics | 19.0% | 25.0% | 27.0% | 29.0% |
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 | 53.0% | 44.0% |
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 39.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 32.0% |
| 2022-23 | 43.0% | 57.0% |
| 2021-22 | 17.0% | 17.0% |
| 2020-21 | 22.0% | 22.0% |
% 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
37.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 38% 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 Crestview Elementary School
Crestview Elementary School's state test result (37.4% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crestview Elementary School this school | 544 | 84.0% | 37.4% |
| Weldon Elementary School GLADEWATER | 485 | 77.7% | 26.8% |
| Westwood Elementary School PALESTINE | 404 | 80.7% | 32.0% |
| Atlanta Primary School ATLANTA | 544 | 71.3% | N/A |
| Newton Elementary School NEWTON | 359 | 78.8% | 34.2% |
| Commerce Elementary School COMMERCE | 430 | 77.4% | N/A |
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 Crestview Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bowie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 37.4% | #2,905 of 4,401 | #10 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 44.0% | #2,433 of 4,466 ▲ 441 | #9 of 17 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #2,184 of 4,466 ▲ 760 | #12 of 17 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -1.5pp | #1,042 of 3,998 | #4 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 544 | #2,103 of 4,938 | #2 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #109 of 4,622 | #5 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 63.0% | #1,139 of 4,628 | #4 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 84.0% | #1,639 of 4,789 | #11 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +100.7% | #28 of 1,307 | 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
544
-29 (-5%) vs 2020
-27% since 1990-91, when it was 747
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 10.8:1
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 | 544 | 50.2 | 10.8:1 | 84% (457) |
| 2023-24 | 547 | 51.1 | 10.7:1 | 83% (453) |
| 2022-23 | 584 | 53.8 | 10.9:1 | 82% (478) |
| 2020-21 | 573 | 53 | 10.8:1 | 78% (446) |
| 2017-18 | 271 | 23.5 | 11.5:1 | 77% (210) |
| 2015-16 | 285 | 23 | 12.4:1 | 72% (205) |
| 2010-11 | 330 | 26 | 12.7:1 | 61% (200) |
| 2000-01 | 541 | 39 | 13.9:1 | 47% (254) |
| 1990-91 | 747 | 45 | 16.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Crestview Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 101% (271 to 544); teachers up 114% (23.5 to 50.2).
About Crestview Elementary School
A mid-sized elementary school in NEW BOSTON, Texas, Crestview Elementary School is part of NEW BOSTON ISD. It enrolls 544 students in 2024-25. The grades offered are pre-K through 5.
NEW BOSTON ISD (3 schools, 1,108 students) runs Crestview Elementary School.
Of every 100 students at Crestview Elementary School, about 53 are White. It is also 25% Black, 12% multiracial, and 8% Hispanic. Bowie County's residents are about 64% White, 11 points above the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 63%.
The school has 50.2 full-time-equivalent teachers and a ratio of 10.8 students per teacher. Elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1, 4.3 more students per teacher than here. Of all students at Crestview Elementary School, 84% are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That rate is above the 68% average among public schools in Bowie County.
Among Texas public elementary schools, Crestview Elementary School outscored 34%, which works out to a C on the allk12 Grade.
A school with Crestview Elementary School's lunch-eligibility share in Texas is predicted to score 37.8%. Crestview Elementary School scores 37.4%, within a point of that line.
The county, Bowie County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $59,803, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 12%. The county has 46 public schools and about 17,523 students.
Crestview Elementary School's nearest public school is New Boston High School (about 1.1 miles). There are 2 more public schools inside five miles. Among the 9 closest schools with test data, this one included, Crestview Elementary School ranks 9th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as Town: Distant. That means it sits in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
Enrollment in 2024-25 stood at 544, compared with 573 in 2020-21.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about open houses, carpools, and field trips at Crestview Elementary School. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Bowie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
92,115
Census ACS
Median income
$59,803
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
46
17,523 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in NEW BOSTON ISD
- New Boston High SchoolHigh · 324 students
- New Boston Middle SchoolMiddle · 240 students
- New Boston DAEPCombined
Other schools in NEW BOSTON
- New Boston High SchoolHigh · 324 students
- New Boston Middle SchoolMiddle · 240 students
- Malta Elementary SchoolElementary · 223 students
- New Boston DAEPCombined
Other Crestview Elementary schools
20 other US public schools in 12 states are named Crestview Elementary. Crestview Elementary School is the 7th largest of the 21.
- Crestview Elementary SchoolLUBBOCK, TX · 609 students
- Crestview Elementary SchoolSAN ANTONIO, TX · 578 students
- Crestview Elementary SchoolWACO, TX · 464 students
- Crestview Elementary SchoolCANYON, TX · 440 students
- Crestview Elementary SchoolSpringfield, TN · 755 students
Nearby schools
- New Boston High School1.1 mi · 324
- New Boston Middle School1.7 mi · 240
- Malta Elementary School6.7 mi · 223
- Hooks High School7.1 mi · 334
- Hooks Junior High School7.5 mi · 257
- Hooks Elementary School8.5 mi · 323
Frequently asked questions
About Crestview Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Crestview Elementary School?
Crestview Elementary School enrolls approximately 544 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Crestview Elementary School serve?
Crestview Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Crestview Elementary School have?
Crestview Elementary School employs 50 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 10.8:1.
How diverse is Crestview Elementary School?
Crestview Elementary School reports a student body of 53% White, 8% Hispanic, 25% Black, 0% Asian, 12% Two or more.
Who oversees Crestview Elementary School?
Crestview Elementary School is overseen by NEW BOSTON ISD in Bowie County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.