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NAVARRO EL
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Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 35 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 32 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 20 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 15 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 28% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 42% 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 NAVARRO EL
NAVARRO EL operates as a middle-of-the-pack elementary school in LOCKHART, Texas, overseen by LOCKHART ISD. Current enrollment sits at 667 students spanning grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 29% above typical.
LOCKHART ISD comprises 9 schools with combined enrollment of 6,753 students; NAVARRO EL is among them.
For racial and ethnic makeup, NAVARRO EL records that the largest single group is Hispanic, at 75% of enrollment. Other groups include 19% White, 4% Black. By comparison, Caldwell County as a whole is about 57% Hispanic, so the school skews considerably more Hispanic than its surroundings.
Looking at the economic backdrop, The school currently runs with 38 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 17.6:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is higher than the state norm typical. About 74% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
With demographic context factored in, NAVARRO EL performs roughly as the BeatsExpectations model predicts for a school with this FRL share. The predicted value is around 41.7%, the actual is 28.0%, a residual of -13.7 points.
In the surrounding community, Caldwell County reports that the typical household earns roughly $69,758 per year, about 19% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 8%. In all, Caldwell County runs 19 public schools (combined enrollment of about 9,286 students), of which NAVARRO EL is one.
CLEAR FORK EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts NAVARRO EL at 6th of 6; the average score across the group is 38.2%.
The school occupies a small-town site.
Looking at the recent track record. NAVARRO EL's enrollment has grew 25% since 2018, when it stood at 532 (now 667). Hispanic enrollment moved from 63% to 75% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 15.8:1 in 2018 to 17.6:1 today.
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Caldwell County at a glance
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