EZZELL SCHOOL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 53% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 51% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About EZZELL SCHOOL
EZZELL SCHOOL is a multi-level school of one-room-style scale in HALLETTSVILLE, Texas, operated by EZZELL ISD, caters to 128 students in grades pre-K through 12. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 485 students each, so EZZELL SCHOOL sits 74% smaller than that benchmark.
EZZELL SCHOOL sits inside EZZELL ISD, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.
For racial and ethnic makeup, EZZELL SCHOOL shows that the largest single group is White, at 73% of enrollment; the rest is composed of 15% Hispanic, 9% multiracial, 2% Black. That mix tracks the wider county fairly closely.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, EZZELL SCHOOL has 13 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 9.8:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.7:1, putting EZZELL SCHOOL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 52% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. Set against Lavaca County (around 35%), the school's rate is north of typical.
After controlling for student poverty, EZZELL SCHOOL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 51.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 53.5%.
Zooming out to the county, Lavaca County reports that median household income runs about $63,240, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 9%. EZZELL SCHOOL is one of 12 public schools in Lavaca County (combined enrollment of about 2,547 students).
The closest other public school is SWEET HOME EL, roughly 10.9 miles away. Among the 7 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), EZZELL SCHOOL ranks 6th on composite proficiency, beneath the local average of 55.5%.
Geographically, the school is in an outlying area.
Over the past 7-year window. Over the past 7-year window, the student count expanded 24%: 103 students in 2018 compared to 128 in 2025. The White share of enrollment shrank from 88% to 73% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 12.3:1 in 2018 to 9.8:1 today.
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