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Teachers: what resource would make the biggest difference at ELLA SCHORLEMMER EL this year?
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Enrollment
459
Elementary
DISTRICT 396 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VICTORIA ISD·NCES 484415012262
Ella Schorlemmer Elementary School
2564 MALLETTE DR, VICTORIA, TX 77904 · (361) 788-2860 · Victoria County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL459 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 63% 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.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
15.9:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
211 students
DISTRICT 75% · 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 | 54 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 81 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 65 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 13% smaller than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 47% · 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
66.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +11.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
50.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +5.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 66 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 50 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 11 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 35.0% | 31.0% | 22.0% | 12.0% |
| Mathematics | 24.0% | 26.0% | 26.0% | 24.0% |
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 | 66.0% | 50.0% |
| 2024-25 | 73.0% | 58.0% |
| 2023-24 | 64.0% | 54.0% |
| 2022-23 | 73.0% | 67.0% |
| 2021-22 | 38.0% | 54.0% |
| 2020-21 | 55.0% | 45.0% |
% 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
56.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+1.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 56% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 54% 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 Ella Schorlemmer Elementary School
Ella Schorlemmer Elementary School's state test result (56.0% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ella Schorlemmer Elementary School this school | 459 | 46.0% | 56.0% |
| Calallen West Intermediate School CORPUS CHRISTI | 426 | 45.1% | 61.9% |
| Vickers Elementary School VICTORIA | 510 | 46.3% | 56.2% |
| Village Elementary School GEORGETOWN | 486 | 42.6% | 45.1% |
| Watts Elementary School CIBOLO | 500 | 46.4% | 36.7% |
| Richardson Heights Elementary School RICHARDSON | 501 | 49.9% | 48.7% |
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 Ella Schorlemmer Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Victoria County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #997 of 4,401 | #5 of 17 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #1,812 of 4,466 ▼ 782 | #6 of 17 ▼ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 66.0% | #991 of 4,466 ▼ 386 | #4 of 17 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -12.0pp | #261 of 3,998 | #4 of 14 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 459 | #2,916 of 4,938 | #4 of 20 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #3,229 of 4,622 | #11 of 17 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.6% | #1,975 of 4,628 | #2 of 17 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 46.0% | #3,740 of 4,789 | #16 of 19 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.5% | #1,649 of 2,838 | #5 of 12 |
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
459
-13 (-3%) vs 2020
+5% since 2010-11, when it was 439
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 459 | 28.9 | 15.9:1 | 46% (211) |
| 2023-24 | 461 | 29.1 | 15.8:1 | 42% (194) |
| 2022-23 | 481 | 30.4 | 15.8:1 | 51% (247) |
| 2020-21 | 472 | 36 | 13.1:1 | 43% (203) |
| 2017-18 | 537 | 32.8 | 16.4:1 | 55% (294) |
| 2015-16 | 503 | 30 | 16.8:1 | 54% (272) |
| 2010-11 | 439 | 27 | 16.3:1 | 52% (230) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ella Schorlemmer Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (537 to 459); teachers down 12% (32.8 to 28.9).
About Ella Schorlemmer Elementary School
Ella Schorlemmer Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in VICTORIA ISD, located in VICTORIA, Texas. The school counted 459 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5.
The VICTORIA ISD system has 25 schools and 12,919 students.
More than half of enrollment at Ella Schorlemmer Elementary School is Hispanic: 56%. Other groups make up 37% White, 4% Black, and 2% Asian. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 55%.
The school lists 28.9 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.9:1. The average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A total of 211 students, or 46%, are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Victoria County is 69%.
On the allk12 Grade, Ella Schorlemmer Elementary School lands at B, ahead of 63% of Texas public elementary schools.
After adjusting for student poverty, Ella Schorlemmer Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 56.0%; the prediction is 54.1%.
For the population of Victoria County, median household income comes to about $70,896, 20% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Victoria County's 33 public schools enroll about 14,160 students and include Ella Schorlemmer Elementary School.
Ella Schorlemmer Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Vickers Elementary School, about 1.1 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Ella Schorlemmer Elementary School is 2nd of 9 on proficiency.
The school's locale code, City: Small, means it is inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
In 2020-21, Ella Schorlemmer Elementary School enrolled 472 students. By 2024-25, that number had fallen to 459. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 13.1:1; by 2024-25 it was 15.9:1.
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Victoria County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
91,413
Census ACS
Median income
$70,896
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
33
14,160 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in VICTORIA ISD
- Victoria East High SchoolHigh · 1,861 students
- Victoria West High SchoolHigh · 1,723 students
- Harold Cade Middle SchoolMiddle · 730 students
- Howell Middle SchoolMiddle · 716 students
- STEM Middle SchoolMiddle · 641 students
- Patti Welder Middle SchoolMiddle · 566 students
Other schools in VICTORIA
- Victoria East High SchoolHigh · 1,861 students
- Victoria West High SchoolHigh · 1,723 students
- Harold Cade Middle SchoolMiddle · 730 students
- Howell Middle SchoolMiddle · 716 students
- STEM Middle SchoolMiddle · 641 students
- Patti Welder Middle SchoolMiddle · 566 students
Nearby schools
- Vickers Elementary School1.1 mi · 510
- Victoria West High School1.5 mi · 1,723
- Harold Cade Middle School1.7 mi · 730
- C O Chandler Elementary School2.6 mi · 456
- Rowland Elementary School3.6 mi · 452
- Howell Middle School3.7 mi · 716
Frequently asked questions
About Ella Schorlemmer Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Ella Schorlemmer Elementary School?
Ella Schorlemmer Elementary School enrolls approximately 459 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Ella Schorlemmer Elementary School serve?
Ella Schorlemmer Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Ella Schorlemmer Elementary School?
Approximately 15.9:1 students per teacher at Ella Schorlemmer Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Ella Schorlemmer Elementary School?
At Ella Schorlemmer Elementary School, the student body is approximately 37% White, 56% Hispanic, 4% Black, 2% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Ella Schorlemmer Elementary School in?
Ella Schorlemmer Elementary School is part of VICTORIA ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.