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Enrollment
385
Elementary
DISTRICT 282 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PERRYTON ISD·NCES 483465003891
James L Wright Elementary School
1702 S GRINNELL ST, PERRYTON, TX 79070 · (806) 435-2371 · Ochiltree County
GRADES 01–03ELEMENTARY33-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL385 STUDENTS
B-
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 52% of Texas public elementary schools
- BTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- BBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C-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
14.5:1
26 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
252 students
DISTRICT 61% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 1 | 112 | 29% |
| Grade 2 | 122 | 32% |
| Grade 3 | 151 | 39% |
Student demographics
39%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 38% · 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
School pathway
Students here typically continue to
James L Wright Elementary School→Edwin F Williams Intermediate School→Perryton Junior High School→Perryton High School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within PERRYTON ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
40.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +9.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
56.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +15.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 56 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 9 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 15 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 17.0% | 23.0% | 32.0% | 28.0% |
| Mathematics | 29.0% | 27.0% | 21.0% | 23.0% |
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 | 40.0% | 56.0% |
| 2024-25 | 53.0% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 49.0% | 36.0% |
| 2022-23 | 58.0% | 49.0% |
| 2021-22 | 50.0% | 50.0% |
| 2020-21 | 31.0% | 41.0% |
% 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
46.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
45.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+0.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 47% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 James L Wright Elementary School
James L Wright Elementary School's state test result (46.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| James L Wright Elementary School this school | 385 | 65.5% | 46.5% |
| Wilma Magee Intermediate School CORPUS CHRISTI | 419 | 65.9% | 47.2% |
| Gale Pond Alamo Elementary School ODESSA | 352 | 66.2% | 52.0% |
| Brauchle Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 396 | 65.9% | 40.8% |
| Gus Birdwell Elementary School SPEARMAN | 343 | 66.5% | 54.8% |
| Tatom Elementary School MONAHANS | 326 | 69.6% | 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 James L Wright Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 46.5% | #1,794 of 4,401 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 56.0% | #1,244 of 4,466 ▲ 602 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #3,696 of 4,466 ▼ 1,520 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -5.5pp | #644 of 3,998 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 385 | #3,613 of 4,938 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #2,027 of 4,622 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 38.6% | #3,126 of 4,628 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 65.5% | #2,805 of 4,789 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -22.4% | #988 of 2,838 |
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
385
-61 (-14%) vs 2020
-28% since 1990-91, when it was 533
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 15.4:1
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 | 385 | 26.5 | 14.5:1 | 65% (252) |
| 2023-24 | 432 | 27 | 16.0:1 | 68% (295) |
| 2022-23 | 471 | 27.8 | 16.9:1 | 67% (317) |
| 2020-21 | 446 | 29 | 15.4:1 | 57% (254) |
| 2017-18 | 496 | 34.9 | 14.2:1 | 59% (293) |
| 2015-16 | 574 | 39 | 14.7:1 | 62% (354) |
| 2010-11 | 524 | 34 | 15.4:1 | 66% (346) |
| 2000-01 | 437 | 31 | 14.1:1 | 66% (288) |
| 1990-91 | 533 | 31 | 17.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for James L Wright Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (496 to 385); teachers down 24% (34.9 to 26.5).
About James L Wright Elementary School
James L Wright Elementary School runs as a small elementary school in PERRYTON, Texas. The school has 385 students in 2024-25 across grades 1 through 3. By comparison, elementary schools in Texas enroll about 519 students on average.
James L Wright Elementary School is one school in PERRYTON ISD, a system of 6 schools with 1,802 students.
More than half of enrollment at James L Wright Elementary School is Hispanic: 75%. Other groups make up 23% White. Ochiltree County as a whole is about 57% Hispanic, so the school's share is higher. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, James L Wright Elementary School scores 39%.
The student-to-teacher ratio is 14.5:1. The school has 26.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is in line with the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. In all, 65% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch.
James L Wright Elementary School earns a B- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 52% of Texas public elementary schools.
James L Wright Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 46.5%, compared with a predicted 45.7%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
Looking at the county, Ochiltree County, median household income comes to about $70,183, about 21% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 7%. The county's public schools total 6, with about 1,802 students.
About 0.1 miles separate James L Wright Elementary School from the closest public school, Edwin F Williams Intermediate School. Other public schools within five miles: 5. On average proficiency, James L Wright Elementary School is 6th of 7 nearby schools with test data.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Town: Remote.
The school shrank from 446 students in 2020-21 to 385 in 2024-25.
The allk12 page for James L Wright Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Ochiltree County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
9,786
Census ACS
Median income
$70,183
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
21%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
7%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
1,802 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PERRYTON ISD
- Perryton High SchoolHigh · 549 students
- Perryton Junior High SchoolMiddle · 395 students
- Edwin F Williams Intermediate SchoolElementary · 293 students
- Perryton KinderElementary · 167 students
- Ludi Pena Martin Accelerated Education CenterHigh · 13 students
Other schools in PERRYTON
- Perryton High SchoolHigh · 549 students
- Perryton Junior High SchoolMiddle · 395 students
- Edwin F Williams Intermediate SchoolElementary · 293 students
- Perryton KinderElementary · 167 students
- Ludi Pena Martin Accelerated Education CenterHigh · 13 students
Nearby schools
- Edwin F Williams Intermediate School0.1 mi · 293
- Perryton High School0.4 mi · 549
- Perryton Junior High School0.9 mi · 395
- Perryton Kinder1.0 mi · 167
- Ludi Pena Martin Accelerated Education Center1.8 mi · 13
- Kirksey Elementary School15.7 mi · 170
Frequently asked questions
About James L Wright Elementary SchoolHow many students attend James L Wright Elementary School?
James L Wright Elementary School enrolls approximately 385 students in grades 01-03.
Is James L Wright Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
James L Wright Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 01-03.
How many teachers does James L Wright Elementary School have?
James L Wright Elementary School employs 26 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at James L Wright Elementary School?
At James L Wright Elementary School, the student body is approximately 23% White, 75% Hispanic, 1% Asian, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees James L Wright Elementary School?
James L Wright Elementary School is overseen by PERRYTON ISD in Ochiltree County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.