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Fields Store Elementary School
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 62 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 94 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 129 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 115 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 106 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 112 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (94) is 16% smaller than its 5th grade class (112).
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 28 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 19 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 30.0% | 27.0% | 23.0% | 20.0% |
| Mathematics | 23.0% | 29.0% | 22.0% | 26.0% |
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 57.0% | 52.0% |
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 56.0% | 45.0% |
| 2022-23 | 46.0% | 39.0% |
| 2021-22 | 44.0% | 37.0% |
| 2020-21 | 29.0% | 33.0% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 46% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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%.
Schools most like Fields Store Elementary School
Fields Store Elementary School's state test result (46.0% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fields Store Elementary School this school | 718 | 59.5% | 46.0% |
| Flour Bluff Primary School CORPUS CHRISTI | 716 | 58.4% | N/A |
| Comanche Elementary School COMANCHE | 658 | 58.2% | 44.5% |
| Greenleaf Elementary School SPLENDORA | 689 | 54.6% | 34.1% |
| Goodwin Frazier Elementary School NEW BRAUNFELS | 662 | 55.0% | 48.3% |
| Flour Bluff Elementary School CORPUS CHRISTI | 742 | 55.3% | 49.3% |
Where Fields Store Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Waller County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #1,846 of 4,401 | #3 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #1,614 of 4,466 ▲ 252 | #4 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,784 of 4,466 ▲ 287 | #4 of 7 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +12.0pp | #1,217 of 3,998 | #3 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 718 | #807 of 4,938 | #6 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.6:1 | #2,078 of 4,622 | #3 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 55.6% | #1,865 of 4,628 | #4 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.5% | #3,144 of 4,789 | #5 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -4.0% | #2,536 of 2,838 | N/A |
4-year change
SY 2020-21 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free and reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 718 | 49.3 | 14.6:1 | 59% (427) |
| 2023-24 | 661 | 45.8 | 14.4:1 | 64% (426) |
| 2022-23 | 663 | 43 | 15.4:1 | 63% (419) |
| 2020-21 | 620 | 47 | 13.2:1 | 62% (385) |
| 2017-18 | 748 | 44.1 | 17.0:1 | 56% (419) |
| 2015-16 | 682 | 42 | 16.2:1 | 55% (372) |
| 2010-11 | 617 | 39 | 15.8:1 | 60% (371) |
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (748 to 718); teachers up 12% (44.1 to 49.3).
About Fields Store Elementary School
Fields Store Elementary School, located in WALLER, Texas, is a medium-sized elementary school. The grade span is pre-K through 5, and enrollment is 718 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Texas) has about 519 students.
Federal data list 11 schools in WALLER ISD, with 9,905 students enrolled.
At Fields Store Elementary School, Hispanic students make up 50% of the student body. It is also 44% White, 4% Black, and 2% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Waller County is roughly 34% Hispanic. Pick two students at random and there is a 56% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
The school's student-to-teacher ratio is about 14.6:1, with 49.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. That matches the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas fairly closely. Lunch subsidy eligibility at Fields Store Elementary School is 59%. That tracks the 60% average for public schools in Waller County.
On a poverty-adjusted basis, Fields Store Elementary School falls in the middle 80% of Texas schools: 46.0% actual against 48.3% predicted.
Waller County has about 61,552 residents, and the median household income is $80,397, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 28% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 10%. In all, Waller County has 19 public schools and roughly 10,294 students.
Schultz Junior High School is the public school closest to Fields Store Elementary School, about 6.1 miles away. There are at least 8 other public schools within ten miles. Local comparison: Fields Store Elementary School ranks 1st of 7 nearby schools, at 46.0% versus a 41.2% average.
Its location is classified as Rural: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
2024-25 enrollment was 718, a 16% increase from 620 in 2020-21. The number of students per teacher rose from 13.2 to 14.6 over 4 years.
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