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Enrollment
722
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BEAUMONT ISD·NCES 480967005958
Guess Elementary School
8055 VOTH RD, BEAUMONT, TX 77708 · (409) 617-6125 · Jefferson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL722 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
42 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
80%
581 students
DISTRICT 86% · 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 | 45 | 6% |
| Kindergarten | 115 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 111 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 110 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 133 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 110 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 98 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (115) is 17% larger than its 5th grade class (98).
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
35.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -8.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
23.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -14.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 8 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 12.0% | 23.0% | 30.0% | 35.0% |
| Mathematics | 7.0% | 16.0% | 23.0% | 54.0% |
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 | 35.0% | 23.0% |
| 2024-25 | 43.0% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 31.0% |
| 2022-23 | 43.0% | 30.0% |
| 2021-22 | 52.0% | 42.0% |
| 2020-21 | 43.0% | 37.0% |
% 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
32.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 33% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Guess Elementary School
Guess Elementary School's state test result (32.7% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Guess Elementary School this school | 722 | 80.5% | 32.7% |
| Dewberry Elementary School FORNEY | 692 | 80.3% | 23.3% |
| Thompson Elementary School MESQUITE | 540 | 84.4% | 23.4% |
| Blue Ridge Briargate Elementary School HOUSTON | 567 | 80.8% | 22.7% |
| West Main Elementary School LANCASTER | 601 | 80.7% | 41.8% |
| Belt Line Elementary School LANCASTER | 567 | 83.1% | 36.4% |
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 Guess Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 32.7% | #3,405 of 4,401 | #17 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #4,275 of 4,466 ▼ 538 | #26 of 34 ▼ 8 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #4,042 of 4,466 ▼ 864 | #21 of 34 ▼ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.5pp | #483 of 3,998 | #4 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 722 | #778 of 4,938 | #4 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.3:1 | #3,990 of 4,622 | #31 of 36 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 46.2% | #2,714 of 4,628 | #26 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 80.5% | #1,922 of 4,789 | #26 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +29.4% | #266 of 1,307 | #4 of 16 |
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
722
+182 (+34%) vs 2020
-8% since 1990-91, when it was 782
Student : Teacher
17.3:1
was 14.6:1
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 | 722 | 41.8 | 17.3:1 | 80% (581) |
| 2023-24 | 721 | 38.5 | 18.7:1 | 83% (602) |
| 2022-23 | 699 | 33.3 | 21.0:1 | 82% (570) |
| 2020-21 | 540 | 37 | 14.6:1 | 78% (421) |
| 2017-18 | 558 | 33 | 16.9:1 | 67% (375) |
| 2015-16 | 647 | 38 | 17.0:1 | 67% (432) |
| 2010-11 | 662 | 42 | 15.8:1 | 56% (374) |
| 2000-01 | 776 | 47 | 16.5:1 | 38% (295) |
| 1990-91 | 782 | 63 | 12.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Guess Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 29% (558 to 722); teachers up 27% (33 to 41.8).
About Guess Elementary School
Guess Elementary School is the name of a mid-sized elementary school in BEAUMONT, Texas. Its enrollment is 722 students, spread over pre-K through 5. That compares with an average of about 519 students for elementary schools in Texas.
Guess Elementary School is one of the 26 schools that make up BEAUMONT ISD (16,336 students in total).
About 71% of the student body at Guess Elementary School is Black. Smaller groups are 15% Hispanic, 6% White, 4% Asian, and 3% multiracial. County-wide, 33% of Jefferson County residents are Black. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 46%.
A staff of 41.8 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 17.3:1. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average ratio is 15.1:1. The share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch is 80%. The average for public schools in Jefferson County is 71%.
Guess Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate across its state test results of 32.7% and a predicted 39.3%.
In the wider Jefferson County area, the median household earns about $60,026 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 20% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 16%. Guess Elementary School shares Jefferson County with 91 other public schools.
Bob Hope School Beaumont is about 0.6 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Guess Elementary School at 6th of 9.
Its NCES locale code is City: Mid-size: the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Since 2020-21, enrollment has grown 34%, from 540 to 722. Over the same period, the student-to-teacher ratio increased to 17.3:1, from 14.6:1.
Parents, students, and staff can share information on athletics, class schedules, and weather closures here. Members of the school community can share what they know.
Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
253,878
Census ACS
Median income
$60,026
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
92
42,825 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BEAUMONT ISD
- West Brook Sr High SchoolHigh · 2,213 students
- Beaumont United High SchoolHigh · 2,035 students
- Pietzsch/Mac Arthur Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,134 students
- Odom Middle SchoolMiddle · 837 students
- Regina Howell Elementary SchoolElementary · 742 students
- Caldwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 694 students
Other schools in BEAUMONT
- West Brook Sr High SchoolHigh · 2,213 students
- Beaumont United High SchoolHigh · 2,035 students
- Harmony Science Academy- BeaumontCombined · 1,206 students
- Pietzsch/Mac Arthur Elementary SchoolElementary · 1,134 students
- Odom Middle SchoolMiddle · 837 students
- Regina Howell Elementary SchoolElementary · 742 students
Nearby schools
- Bob Hope School Beaumont0.6 mi · 536
- Homer Dr Elementary School1.1 mi · 495
- Ignite Community School - Beaumont1.2 mi · 179
- Regina Howell Elementary School3.3 mi · 742
- Smith Middle School3.3 mi · 532
- Marshall Middle School3.9 mi · 694
Frequently asked questions
About Guess Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Guess Elementary School?
Guess Elementary School enrolls approximately 722 students in grades PK-05.
Is Guess Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Guess Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Guess Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Guess Elementary School is approximately 17.3:1 (42 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Guess Elementary School?
At Guess Elementary School, the student body is approximately 6% White, 15% Hispanic, 71% Black, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Guess Elementary School public or private?
Guess Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by BEAUMONT ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.