Enrollment
261
Elementary
DISTRICT 258 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LOVELADY ISD·NCES 482841003169
Lovelady Elementary School
11839 TX ST HWY 19 S, LOVELADY, TX 75851 · (936) 636-7832 · Houston County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL261 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 9% of Texas public elementary schools
- CTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
11.8:1
22 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.9:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
46%
119 students
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 38 | 15% |
| Kindergarten | 24 | 9% |
| Grade 1 | 28 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 27 | 10% |
| Grade 3 | 39 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 36 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 31 | 12% |
| Grade 6 | 38 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (24) is 37% smaller than its 6th grade class (38).
Student demographics
38%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 40% · 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
Lovelady Elementary School→Lovelady J H High School
Based on grade levels within LOVELADY ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
54.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -17.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
36.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -7.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 17 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 20.0% | 34.0% | 27.0% | 19.0% |
| Mathematics | 14.0% | 22.0% | 35.0% | 29.0% |
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 | 54.0% | 36.0% |
| 2024-25 | 46.0% | 25.0% |
| 2023-24 | 53.0% | 28.0% |
| 2020-21 | 71.0% | 43.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
34.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
54.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 54% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Lovelady Elementary School
Lovelady Elementary School's state test result (34.4% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Lovelady Elementary School this school | 261 | 45.6% | 34.4% |
| Elkhart Intermediate School ELKHART | 246 | 49.6% | 45.9% |
| Cayuga Elementary School TENNESSEE COLONY | 263 | 51.3% | 42.6% |
| Martins Mill Elementary School MARTIN'S MILL | 234 | 43.2% | 43.4% |
| Lapoynor Elementary School LARUE | 214 | 46.7% | 35.3% |
| Archer City Elementary School ARCHER CITY | 278 | 43.9% | 72.2% |
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 Lovelady Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Houston County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.4% | #3,225 of 4,401 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #3,361 of 4,466 ▲ 745 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #2,063 of 4,466 ▲ 873 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 261 | #4,395 of 4,938 | #4 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 11.8:1 | #283 of 4,622 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 37.9% | #3,154 of 4,628 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 45.6% | #3,761 of 4,789 | #6 of 6 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -17.7% | #1,367 of 2,838 | N/A |
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
261
-26 (-9%) vs 2020
-19% since 1990-91, when it was 321
Student : Teacher
11.8:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 261 | 22.2 | 11.8:1 | 46% (119) |
| 2023-24 | 266 | 23 | 11.6:1 | 52% (139) |
| 2022-23 | 285 | 21.3 | 13.4:1 | 53% (151) |
| 2020-21 | 287 | 25 | 11.5:1 | 52% (148) |
| 2017-18 | 317 | 26.2 | 12.1:1 | 44% (138) |
| 2015-16 | 280 | 26 | 10.8:1 | 49% (138) |
| 2010-11 | 286 | 19 | 15.1:1 | 41% (118) |
| 2000-01 | 357 | 28 | 12.8:1 | 33% (117) |
| 1990-91 | 321 | 23 | 14.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Lovelady Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 18% (317 to 261); teachers down 16% (26.2 to 22.2).
About Lovelady Elementary School
In LOVELADY, Texas, part of Houston County, Lovelady Elementary School is an elementary school. It reported 261 students in pre-K through 6 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 519 students for elementary schools in Texas.
LOVELADY ISD counts 515 students in its 2 schools, and Lovelady Elementary School is one of them.
Of every 100 students at Lovelady Elementary School, about 77 are White. It is also 11% Hispanic and 10% Black. Houston County's residents are about 61% White, 16 points below the school's share. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 38%.
The school lists 22.2 full-time-equivalent teachers and a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.8:1. Statewide, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. Free or reduced-price lunch covers 46% of the student body. On average, public schools in Houston County report 66%.
Among Texas public elementary schools, Lovelady Elementary School outscored 9%, which works out to a D on the allk12 Grade.
Compared with Texas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Lovelady Elementary School scores 19.8 points lower than predicted. Its average proficiency rate across its state test results is 34.4%; the prediction is 54.2%.
The county, Houston County, is where the school is located. Median household income comes to about $56,531, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 15% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 9%. The county has 13 public schools and about 3,141 students.
Measured in a straight line, Lovelady J H High School is less than a tenth of a mile from Lovelady Elementary School. On proficiency, Lovelady Elementary School is ahead of the 32.5% nearby average, ranking 4th of 8.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Remote, or in rural territory far from an urban area.
Enrollment figures show a decline of 26 students from 2020-21 to 2024-25.
Anyone can start a thread about athletics, class schedules, and weather closures at Lovelady Elementary School. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Houston County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
22,051
Census ACS
Median income
$56,531
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
15%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
3,141 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Nearby schools
- Lovelady J H High School0.0 mi · 254
- Crockett High School11.7 mi · 376
- Early Childhood Center11.7 mi · 123
- Crockett Junior High School11.9 mi · 248
- Crockett Elementary School12.0 mi · 377
- Quest Collegiate Academy - Crockett13.0 mi · 103
Frequently asked questions
About Lovelady Elementary SchoolHow large is Lovelady Elementary School?
Lovelady Elementary School enrolls approximately 261 students in grades PK-06.
What grades does Lovelady Elementary School serve?
Lovelady Elementary School serves grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Lovelady Elementary School?
Approximately 11.8:1 students per teacher at Lovelady Elementary School.
How diverse is Lovelady Elementary School?
Lovelady Elementary School reports a student body of 77% White, 11% Hispanic, 10% Black, 1% Two or more.
Who oversees Lovelady Elementary School?
Lovelady Elementary School is overseen by LOVELADY ISD in Houston County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.