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Enrollment
508
Elementary
DISTRICT 542 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WHITEHOUSE ISD·NCES 484560012233
Gus Winston Cain Elementary School
810 HWY 110 S, WHITEHOUSE, TX 75791 · (903) 839-5600 · Smith County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL508 STUDENTS
A+
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Scored higher than 97% of Texas public elementary schools
- ATest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- A+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
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
14.3:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
52%
265 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 48 | 9% |
| Kindergarten | 65 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 76 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 79 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (65) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (80).
Student demographics
53%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
78.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +45.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
83.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +16.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 78 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 83 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 45 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 41.0% | 37.0% | 15.0% | 7.0% |
| Mathematics | 49.0% | 34.0% | 13.0% | 4.0% |
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 | 78.0% | 83.0% |
| 2024-25 | 81.0% | 80.0% |
| 2023-24 | 71.0% | 78.0% |
| 2022-23 | 67.0% | 80.0% |
| 2021-22 | 57.0% | 57.0% |
| 2020-21 | 33.0% | 67.0% |
% 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
OUTPERFORMING
Top 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
74.3%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
51.4%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+22.9pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 74% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 51% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 23 points, placing it in Texas's top 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 Gus Winston Cain Elementary School
Gus Winston Cain Elementary School's state test result (74.3% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gus Winston Cain Elementary School this school | 508 | 52.2% | 74.3% |
| Hughes Springs Elementary School HUGHES SPRINGS | 531 | 51.8% | 48.5% |
| Hallsville North Elementary School HALLSVILLE | 592 | 51.5% | 50.8% |
| Velma Penny Elementary School LINDALE | 517 | 48.9% | 73.8% |
| Early Childhood Center LINDALE | 462 | 56.7% | N/A |
| Margaret Fischer Davis Elementary School TEXARKANA | 494 | 47.4% | N/A |
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 Gus Winston Cain Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Smith County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 74.3% | #208 of 4,401 | #3 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 83.0% | #95 of 4,466 ▲ 59 | #3 of 31 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 78.0% | #363 of 4,466 ▼ 82 | #3 of 31 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.0pp | #1,897 of 3,998 | #13 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 508 | #2,461 of 4,938 | #18 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.3:1 | #1,802 of 4,622 | #13 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.3% | #2,106 of 4,628 | #21 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 52.2% | #3,491 of 4,789 | #23 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.1% | #1,091 of 2,838 | #4 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
508
+1 (+0%) vs 2020
-11% since 2010-11, when it was 572
Student : Teacher
14.3:1
was 14.5:1
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 | 508 | 35.5 | 14.3:1 | 52% (265) |
| 2023-24 | 523 | 35.5 | 14.7:1 | 56% (294) |
| 2022-23 | 515 | 39.5 | 13.0:1 | 56% (287) |
| 2020-21 | 507 | 35 | 14.5:1 | 50% (253) |
| 2017-18 | 644 | 42.5 | 15.2:1 | 44% (281) |
| 2015-16 | 563 | 39 | 14.4:1 | 43% (241) |
| 2010-11 | 572 | 38 | 15.1:1 | 39% (224) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Gus Winston Cain Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 21% (644 to 508); teachers down 16% (42.5 to 35.5).
About Gus Winston Cain Elementary School
A medium-sized elementary school in WHITEHOUSE, Texas, Gus Winston Cain Elementary School is part of WHITEHOUSE ISD. Students in pre-K through 5 attend the school, which enrolls 508 students.
District-wide, WHITEHOUSE ISD has 7 schools and 4,676 students.
Gus Winston Cain Elementary School's enrollment is 65% White. Next come 17% Hispanic, 12% Black, and 5% multiracial. The White share in Smith County as a whole is similar, at about 67%. The chance that two students picked at random at Gus Winston Cain Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 53%.
The school has about 14.3 students per teacher and 35.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average ratio among elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, higher than at this school. About 52% of enrolled students meet the income rules for free or reduced-price lunch. The 64% average for public schools in Smith County is 12 points higher.
Measured against Texas public elementary schools, Gus Winston Cain Elementary School receives an A+. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In Texas, Gus Winston Cain Elementary School is one of the top 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate on state tests of 74.3% compared with a predicted 51.4%.
Gus Winston Cain Elementary School is located in Smith County, where median household income is about $74,192, about 29% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Gus Winston Cain Elementary School is one of 65 public schools in Smith County, which together enroll about 37,385 students.
J W Holloway Sixth Grade School is the public school closest to Gus Winston Cain Elementary School, about 1.0 miles away. Inside a five-mile radius, there are 7 other public schools. On average proficiency, Gus Winston Cain Elementary School is 2nd of 9 nearby schools with test data.
Its NCES locale code is Town: Fringe: the school is in a town close to an urbanized area.
Compared with 2020-21, when it had 507 students, enrollment in 2024-25 was about the same at 508.
Parents and students can post about enrollment questions, class placement, and PTA news at Gus Winston Cain Elementary School. Questions from prospective families are welcome too.
Smith County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
241,740
Census ACS
Median income
$74,192
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
65
37,385 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WHITEHOUSE ISD
- Whitehouse High SchoolHigh · 1,404 students
- Whitehouse Junior High SchoolMiddle · 751 students
- H L Higgins Elementary SchoolElementary · 597 students
- Mozelle Brown Elementary SchoolElementary · 575 students
- Stanton-Smith Elementary SchoolElementary · 486 students
- J W Holloway Sixth Grade SchoolMiddle · 355 students
Other schools in WHITEHOUSE
- Whitehouse High SchoolHigh · 1,404 students
- Whitehouse Junior High SchoolMiddle · 751 students
- H L Higgins Elementary SchoolElementary · 597 students
- Mozelle Brown Elementary SchoolElementary · 575 students
- Stanton-Smith Elementary SchoolElementary · 486 students
- J W Holloway Sixth Grade SchoolMiddle · 355 students
Nearby schools
- J W Holloway Sixth Grade School1.0 mi · 355
- H L Higgins Elementary School1.1 mi · 597
- Whitehouse Junior High School1.3 mi · 751
- Whitehouse High School1.3 mi · 1,404
- Stanton-Smith Elementary School1.4 mi · 486
- Mozelle Brown Elementary School4.5 mi · 575
Frequently asked questions
About Gus Winston Cain Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Gus Winston Cain Elementary School?
Gus Winston Cain Elementary School enrolls approximately 508 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Gus Winston Cain Elementary School serve?
Gus Winston Cain Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Gus Winston Cain Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Gus Winston Cain Elementary School is approximately 14.3:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Gus Winston Cain Elementary School?
At Gus Winston Cain Elementary School, the student body is approximately 65% White, 17% Hispanic, 12% Black, 1% Asian, 5% Two or more.
What district is Gus Winston Cain Elementary School in?
Gus Winston Cain Elementary School is part of WHITEHOUSE ISD.
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