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Enrollment
483
Elementary
DISTRICT 523 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VAN ALSTYNE ISD·NCES 484389004981
John and Nelda Partin Elementary School
201 NEWPORT DR, VAN ALSTYNE, TX 75495 · (903) 482-8805 · Grayson County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL483 STUDENTS
B
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 63% of Texas public elementary schools
- A-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- A-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
14.1:1
34 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
77 students
DISTRICT 20% · 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 | 11 | 2% |
| Kindergarten | 82 | 17% |
| Grade 1 | 101 | 21% |
| Grade 2 | 95 | 20% |
| Grade 3 | 96 | 20% |
| Grade 4 | 98 | 20% |
This year's kindergarten class (82) is 16% smaller than its 4th grade class (98).
Student demographics
49%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
John and Nelda Partin Elementary School→Van Alstyne Middle School→Van Alstyne Junior High School→Van Alstyne High School
Based on grade levels within VAN ALSTYNE ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
61.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +28.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
47.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +3.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 47 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 3 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 33.0% | 28.0% | 25.0% | 14.0% |
| Mathematics | 24.0% | 23.0% | 23.0% | 30.0% |
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 | 61.0% | 47.0% |
| 2024-25 | 65.0% | 49.0% |
| 2023-24 | 68.0% | 53.0% |
| 2022-23 | 36.0% | 36.0% |
| 2021-22 | 17.0% | 17.0% |
| 2020-21 | 33.0% | 44.0% |
% 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
58.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 58% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 John and Nelda Partin Elementary School
John and Nelda Partin Elementary School's state test result (58.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| John and Nelda Partin Elementary School this school | 483 | 15.9% | 58.4% |
| Grace Hartman Elementary School ROCKWALL | 477 | 16.1% | 65.3% |
| Jo Ann Ford Elementary School GEORGETOWN | 504 | 14.7% | 61.9% |
| Lee Elementary School AUSTIN | 428 | 16.6% | 66.1% |
| Westwood Elementary School FRIENDSWOOD | 497 | 17.5% | N/A |
| Wall Elementary School WALL | 505 | 16.2% | 77.2% |
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 John and Nelda Partin Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Grayson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 58.4% | #850 of 4,401 | #1 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #2,105 of 4,466 ▼ 348 | #8 of 24 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #1,402 of 4,466 ▼ 331 | #4 of 24 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +18.0pp | #667 of 3,998 | #9 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 483 | #2,702 of 4,938 | #7 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.1:1 | #1,664 of 4,622 | #15 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.2% | #2,486 of 4,628 | #15 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 15.9% | #4,531 of 4,789 | #28 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -21.6% | #1,057 of 2,838 | #4 of 10 |
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
483
+77 (+19%) vs 2020
+30% since 1990-91, when it was 371
Student : Teacher
14.1:1
was 14.0:1
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 | 483 | 34.2 | 14.1:1 | 16% (77) |
| 2023-24 | 576 | 40.7 | 14.2:1 | 21% (121) |
| 2022-23 | 516 | 36.6 | 14.1:1 | 22% (114) |
| 2020-21 | 406 | 29 | 14.0:1 | 21% (85) |
| 2017-18 | 616 | 41.4 | 14.9:1 | 28% (174) |
| 2015-16 | 584 | 36 | 16.2:1 | 34% (198) |
| 2010-11 | 492 | 32 | 15.4:1 | 32% (159) |
| 2000-01 | 534 | 34 | 15.7:1 | 21% (114) |
| 1990-91 | 371 | 20 | 18.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for John and Nelda Partin Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 22% (616 to 483); teachers down 18% (41.4 to 34.2).
About John and Nelda Partin Elementary School
John and Nelda Partin Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school in VAN ALSTYNE ISD, located in VAN ALSTYNE, Texas. It has an enrollment of 483 students in pre-K through 4.
VAN ALSTYNE ISD is responsible for 5 schools, John and Nelda Partin Elementary School included, with 2,612 students in all.
The share of White students at John and Nelda Partin Elementary School is 67%, a majority. Other students are 23% Hispanic, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. That is lower than the 76% White share among all Grayson County residents. A diversity index of 49% means there is a 49% chance two randomly chosen students at John and Nelda Partin Elementary School are from different groups.
John and Nelda Partin Elementary School has 34.2 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1. At John and Nelda Partin Elementary School, 16% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. The gap from the 53% average for public schools in Grayson County is 37 points.
On the allk12 Grade, John and Nelda Partin Elementary School lands at B, ahead of 63% of Texas public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For John and Nelda Partin Elementary School, the prediction is 66.9% and the result is 58.4%.
For Grayson County, Census Bureau data show the median household earns about $72,182 a year, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Public schools in Grayson County number 68, with about 25,915 students.
A public school about 1.7 miles away, Van Alstyne High School, is the closest to John and Nelda Partin Elementary School. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Its average proficiency rate of 58.4% is above the 51.8% average for nearby schools.
The school's setting, by NCES definition, is Town: Fringe: in a town close to an urbanized area.
From 406 students in 2020-21, enrollment rose to 483 by 2024-25.
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Grayson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
143,337
Census ACS
Median income
$72,182
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
68
25,915 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in VAN ALSTYNE ISD
- Van Alstyne High SchoolHigh · 729 students
- Bob and Lola Sanford Elementary SchoolElementary · 562 students
- Van Alstyne Middle SchoolMiddle · 433 students
- Van Alstyne Junior High SchoolMiddle · 405 students
Other schools in VAN ALSTYNE
- Van Alstyne High SchoolHigh · 729 students
- Bob and Lola Sanford Elementary SchoolElementary · 562 students
- Van Alstyne Middle SchoolMiddle · 433 students
- Van Alstyne Junior High SchoolMiddle · 405 students
Nearby schools
- Van Alstyne High School1.7 mi · 729
- Bob and Lola Sanford Elementary School1.9 mi · 562
- Van Alstyne Middle School1.9 mi · 433
- Joe K Bryant Elementary School2.0 mi · 861
- Van Alstyne Junior High School2.5 mi · 405
- Anna High School3.0 mi · 1,602
Frequently asked questions
About John and Nelda Partin Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at John and Nelda Partin Elementary School?
John and Nelda Partin Elementary School enrolls approximately 483 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does John and Nelda Partin Elementary School serve?
John and Nelda Partin Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many teachers does John and Nelda Partin Elementary School have?
John and Nelda Partin Elementary School employs 34 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.1:1.
How diverse is John and Nelda Partin Elementary School?
John and Nelda Partin Elementary School reports a student body of 67% White, 23% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
Who oversees John and Nelda Partin Elementary School?
John and Nelda Partin Elementary School is overseen by VAN ALSTYNE ISD in Grayson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.