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Enrollment
396
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LUBBOCK ISD·NCES 482850012852
Ervin Elementary School
1802 E 28TH ST, LUBBOCK, TX 79404 · (806) 219-8200 · Lubbock County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL396 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
379 students
DISTRICT 78% · 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 | 70 | 18% |
| Kindergarten | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 60 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 49 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 55 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 48 | 12% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 25% larger than its 5th grade class (48).
Student demographics
52%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
46.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +5.0pp since 2023
Mathematics
34.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +2.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 46 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 5 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 18.0% | 28.0% | 27.0% | 27.0% |
| Mathematics | 12.0% | 22.0% | 29.0% | 37.0% |
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 | 46.0% | 34.0% |
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 37.0% |
| 2023-24 | 41.0% | 32.0% |
% 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
36.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 36% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 33% 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 Ervin Elementary School
Ervin Elementary School's state test result (36.0% proficient) is higher than 5 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ervin Elementary School this school | 396 | 95.7% | 36.0% |
| McGowen Elementary School HOUSTON | 386 | 96.9% | 34.5% |
| Law Elementary School HOUSTON | 426 | 95.8% | 24.4% |
| John T White Elementary School FORT WORTH | 369 | 95.1% | 29.1% |
| Frost Elementary School HOUSTON | 402 | 98.0% | 30.9% |
| Frederick Douglass Elementary School DALLAS | 453 | 96.2% | 32.0% |
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 Ervin Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Lubbock County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #3,067 of 4,401 | #39 of 50 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #3,568 of 4,466 ▼ 489 | #42 of 52 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #3,041 of 4,466 ▼ 101 | #37 of 52 ▼ 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 396 | #3,516 of 4,938 | #35 of 54 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.7:1 | #648 of 4,622 | #7 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 52.5% | #2,176 of 4,628 | #26 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 95.7% | #417 of 4,789 | #4 of 53 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.0% | #1,432 of 2,838 | #17 of 33 |
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
396
-2 (-1%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
12.7:1
was 11.4:1
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 | 396 | 31.1 | 12.7:1 | 96% (379) |
| 2023-24 | 399 | 32 | 12.5:1 | 97% (386) |
| 2022-23 | 405 | 34.8 | 11.6:1 | 97% (393) |
| 2020-21 | 398 | 35 | 11.4:1 | 96% (384) |
| 2017-18 | 477 | 36.4 | 13.1:1 | 92% (439) |
| 2015-16 | 556 | 34 | 16.4:1 | 80% (444) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Ervin Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 17% (477 to 396); teachers down 14% (36.4 to 31.1).
About Ervin Elementary School
Ervin Elementary School is the name of a low-enrollment elementary school in LUBBOCK, Texas. The school's enrollment of 396 students covers pre-K through 5. Enrollment is 24% lower than the average for elementary schools in Texas, which is about 519.
Federal data list 49 schools in LUBBOCK ISD, with 24,237 students enrolled.
Black students account for 58% of enrollment at Ervin Elementary School. Smaller groups are 37% Hispanic and 3% White. For comparison, the population of Lubbock County is roughly 7% Black. The chance that two students picked at random at Ervin Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 52%.
Ervin Elementary School operates with 31.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 12.7:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. About 96% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. That rate is above the 57% average among public schools in Lubbock County.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 32.8% at Ervin Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 36.0%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Lubbock County show that median household income is about $64,155, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. Ervin Elementary School is one of 110 public schools in Lubbock County, which together enroll about 52,301 students.
Dunbar College Preparatory Academy is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Local comparison: Ervin Elementary School ranks 1st of 6 nearby schools, at 36.0% versus a 25.2% average.
The federal government classifies Ervin Elementary School's location as City: Large.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 398 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 396. Students per teacher rose from 11.4 in 2020-21 to 12.7 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
Lubbock County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
318,884
Census ACS
Median income
$64,155
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
110
52,301 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LUBBOCK ISD
- Monterey High SchoolHigh · 2,117 students
- Lubbock High SchoolHigh · 1,927 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 1,878 students
- Hutchinson Middle SchoolMiddle · 845 students
- Estacado High SchoolHigh · 787 students
- Evans Middle SchoolMiddle · 773 students
Other schools in LUBBOCK
- Monterey High SchoolHigh · 2,117 students
- Lubbock High SchoolHigh · 1,927 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 1,878 students
- Lubbock-Cooper High SchoolHigh · 1,856 students
- Lubbock-Cooper Middle SchoolMiddle · 901 students
- Lubbock-Cooper East Elementary SchoolElementary · 857 students
Other Ervin Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Ervin Elementary. Ervin Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- ERVIN ELEMENTARY SCHOOLKANSAS CITY, MO · 427 students
Nearby schools
- Dunbar College Preparatory Academy0.3 mi · 390
- Priority Intervention Academy0.5 mi · 101
- Harwell Elementary School1.5 mi · 385
- Alderson Elementary School1.9 mi · 435
- Bean Elementary School2.0 mi · 218
- Bean Elementary School2.0 mi · 235
Frequently asked questions
About Ervin Elementary SchoolHow large is Ervin Elementary School?
Ervin Elementary School enrolls approximately 396 students in grades PK-05.
Is Ervin Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Ervin Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Ervin Elementary School have?
Ervin Elementary School employs 31 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.7:1.
How diverse is Ervin Elementary School?
Ervin Elementary School reports a student body of 3% White, 37% Hispanic, 58% Black, 2% Two or more.
Is Ervin Elementary School public or private?
Ervin Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by LUBBOCK ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.