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J A VITOVSKY EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 22 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 15 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 J A VITOVSKY EL
J A VITOVSKY EL is one of the medium-sized elementary schools in MIDLOTHIAN, Texas, operated by MIDLOTHIAN ISD, with 658 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 27% above typical.
Within MIDLOTHIAN ISD, which oversees 14 schools and 11,356 students, J A VITOVSKY EL is one campus in the system.
On the student-mix side, J A VITOVSKY EL shows that the most-represented group is Hispanic (45%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 28% White, 21% Black, 5% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 28%.
Looking at school resources, J A VITOVSKY EL shows 50 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 13.2:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 62% of students at J A VITOVSKY EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Ellis County (around 51%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.
With demographic context factored in, J A VITOVSKY EL sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 46.8%; this one delivers 42.3%.
Across the wider county, Ellis County reports that the typical household earns roughly $99,595 per year, about 30% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 5%. In all, Ellis County runs 83 public schools (combined enrollment of about 46,344 students), of which J A VITOVSKY EL is one.
T E BAXTER EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts J A VITOVSKY EL at 9th of 9; the average score across the group is 57.1%.
J A VITOVSKY EL operates from a town-based location.
Looking at the recent track record. J A VITOVSKY EL's enrollment has ticked up 10% since 2018, when it stood at 599 (now 658). Over the same period, the Black share increased from 5% to 21%.
Inside the community feed, the feed for J A VITOVSKY EL typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Ellis County at a glance
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