Enrollment
430
Elementary
DISTRICT 406 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WICHITA FALLS ISD·NCES 484578005205
Fain Elementary School
1562 NORMAN ST, WICHITA FALLS, TX 76302 · (940) 235-1148 · Wichita County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL430 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 6% of Texas public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
18.0:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
67%
288 students
DISTRICT 69% · 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 | 23 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 75 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 69 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 61 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 66 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (75) is 14% larger than its 5th grade class (66).
Student demographics
72%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
51.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +8.0pp since 2021
Mathematics
34.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +34.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 51 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 8 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 34 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 21.0% | 30.0% | 22.0% | 27.0% |
| Mathematics | 14.0% | 20.0% | 30.0% | 36.0% |
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 | 51.0% | 34.0% |
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 40.0% |
| 2023-24 | 32.0% | 24.0% |
| 2021-22 | 43.0% | 0.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
30.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 45% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Fain Elementary School
Fain Elementary School's state test result (30.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fain Elementary School this school | 430 | 67.0% | 30.4% |
| Turner Elementary School WILLIS | 463 | 66.5% | 46.6% |
| Clarke Elementary School FORT CAVAZOS | 481 | 68.6% | 65.8% |
| Fairview/Miss Jewell Elementary School COPPERAS COVE | 473 | 70.8% | 51.5% |
| Northside Elementary School WAXAHACHIE | 480 | 65.2% | 35.8% |
| Northside Elementary School HENDERSON | 430 | 62.3% | 30.6% |
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 Fain Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Wichita County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 30.4% | #3,626 of 4,401 | #14 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #3,602 of 4,466 ▼ 824 | #13 of 19 ▼ 2 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #2,455 of 4,466 ▲ 911 | #11 of 19 ▲ 2 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 430 | #3,234 of 4,938 | #14 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 18.0:1 | #4,212 of 4,622 | #22 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 71.6% | #365 of 4,628 | #2 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 67.0% | #2,725 of 4,789 | #11 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -14.9% | #1,604 of 2,838 | #5 of 15 |
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
430
+21 (+5%) vs 2020
-18% since 1990-91, when it was 527
Student : Teacher
18.0:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 430 | 23.9 | 18.0:1 | 67% (288) |
| 2023-24 | 475 | 32.1 | 14.8:1 | 67% (320) |
| 2022-23 | 397 | 25 | 15.9:1 | 60% (240) |
| 2020-21 | 409 | 32 | 12.8:1 | 54% (219) |
| 2017-18 | 505 | 32 | 15.8:1 | 60% (301) |
| 2015-16 | 590 | 32 | 18.4:1 | 48% (284) |
| 2010-11 | 526 | 39 | 13.5:1 | 49% (259) |
| 2000-01 | 548 | 40 | 13.7:1 | 56% (307) |
| 1990-91 | 527 | 28 | 18.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Fain Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (505 to 430); teachers down 25% (32 to 23.9).
About Fain Elementary School
Fain Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school in WICHITA FALLS, Texas. Its grade span covers pre-K through 5, with 430 students on the rolls.
WICHITA FALLS ISD runs 25 schools with a combined 16,226 students. Fain Elementary School is one of them.
White students account for 38% of enrollment at Fain Elementary School, more than any other group. Other students are 31% Hispanic, 17% Black, and 13% multiracial. By comparison, Wichita County residents are about 71% White. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Fain Elementary School scores 72%.
Based on 23.9 full-time-equivalent teachers, Fain Elementary School has a ratio of 18.0:1. The average for elementary schools in Texas, 15.1:1, is lower. Income data for the school show 67% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch.
Fain Elementary School earns a D on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 6% of Texas public elementary schools.
Fain Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 30.4%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Texas are predicted to post 45.1%, so the school is 14.7 points behind and in the state's bottom 10%.
In the wider Wichita County area, the median household earns about $63,524 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 25% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 12%. Across Wichita County, 53 public schools serve about 23,047 students.
Southern Hills Elementary School is about 1.2 miles from Fain Elementary School, the shortest distance to any other public school. The five-mile area around Fain Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. The school's 30.4% average proficiency ranks 5th among 6 nearby schools.
Fain Elementary School is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000, a location NCES labels City: Mid-size.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 5%, from 409 to 430. The school's ratio increased from 12.8:1 to 18.0:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Wichita County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
129,996
Census ACS
Median income
$63,524
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
53
23,047 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WICHITA FALLS ISD
- Legacy High SchoolHigh · 1,857 students
- Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,650 students
- Rider High SchoolHigh · 1,569 students
- Wichita Falls High SchoolHigh · 1,243 students
- Barwise Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,164 students
- McNiel Middle SchoolMiddle · 996 students
Other schools in WICHITA FALLS
- Legacy High SchoolHigh · 1,857 students
- Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,650 students
- Rider High SchoolHigh · 1,569 students
- Wichita Falls High SchoolHigh · 1,243 students
- Barwise Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,164 students
- McNiel Middle SchoolMiddle · 996 students
Nearby schools
- Southern Hills Elementary School1.2 mi · 521
- Paint Rock Frontier Academy1.4 mi · 11
- Barwise Middle School1.8 mi · 1,164
- Ntsh Pri Program Wichita Campus1.9 mi · 11
- Franklin Elementary School1.9 mi · 442
- Brook Village Early Childhood2.0 mi · 196
Frequently asked questions
About Fain Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Fain Elementary School?
Fain Elementary School enrolls approximately 430 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Fain Elementary School serve?
Fain Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Fain Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Fain Elementary School is approximately 18.0:1 (24 FTE teachers).
How diverse is Fain Elementary School?
Fain Elementary School reports a student body of 38% White, 31% Hispanic, 17% Black, 1% Asian, 13% Two or more.
Who oversees Fain Elementary School?
Fain Elementary School is overseen by WICHITA FALLS ISD in Wichita County.
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