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MINEOLA PRI
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Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 45 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 14 points since 2024, while math scores are down about 7 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 55% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About MINEOLA PRI
MINEOLA PRI operates as a mid-tier elementary school in MINEOLA, Texas, one of the schools within MINEOLA ISD. Current enrollment sits at 621 students spanning grades pre-K through 3.
MINEOLA ISD comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,753 students; MINEOLA PRI is among them.
Looking at the student body, MINEOLA PRI logs that White students make up the majority at 59%. Other groups include 30% Hispanic, 7% multiracial, 3% Black. By comparison, Wood County as a whole is about 82% White, so the school skews meaningfully less White than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, MINEOLA PRI has 45 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 13.9:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Around 61% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
With demographic context factored in, MINEOLA PRI sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 47.6%; this one delivers 54.5%.
In the surrounding community, Wood County reports that median household income runs about $60,300, about 22% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and roughly 9% of residents live below the federal poverty line. MINEOLA PRI is one of 18 public schools in Wood County (combined enrollment of about 6,349 students).
MINEOLA INT is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.7 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. On composite proficiency, MINEOLA PRI comes 4th of 8 in the immediate cluster, higher than the nearby-schools average of 51.8%.
Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.
Looking at the recent track record. MINEOLA PRI's enrollment has rose 50% since 2018, when it stood at 414 (now 621). Over the same period, the White share rose from 51% to 59%.
On the community side, the feed for MINEOLA PRI typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Wood County at a glance
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- MINEOLA INTElementary · 252 students
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- MINEOLA H S1.8 mi · 492
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- ALTER SCHOOL8.1 mi · 2