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Enrollment
595
Elementary
DISTRICT 646 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·GRANBURY ISD·NCES 482139006419
Nettie Baccus Elementary School
901 LOOP 567, GRANBURY, TX 76048 · (817) 408-4300 · Hood County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL595 STUDENTS
C+
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 42% of Texas public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B-Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- CThree-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
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
77%
458 students
DISTRICT 57% · 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 | 1 | 0% |
| Kindergarten | 96 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 89 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 100 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 112 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 94 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 103 | 17% |
This year's kindergarten class (96) is 7% smaller than its 5th grade class (103).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 51% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
47.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +19.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
37.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +16.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 47 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 19 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 16 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 20.0% | 27.0% | 28.0% | 25.0% |
| Mathematics | 13.0% | 24.0% | 30.0% | 33.0% |
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 | 47.0% | 37.0% |
| 2024-25 | 47.0% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 40.0% |
| 2022-23 | 39.0% | 42.0% |
| 2021-22 | 29.0% | 42.0% |
| 2020-21 | 28.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
40.7%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 41% 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 Nettie Baccus Elementary School
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nettie Baccus Elementary School this school | 595 | 77.0% | 40.7% |
| A E Butler Intermediate School QUINLAN | 651 | 76.0% | 31.3% |
| Packsaddle Elementary School KINGSLAND | 630 | 79.0% | 34.6% |
| Wills Point Primary School WILLS POINT | 617 | 76.5% | N/A |
| Shepherd Primary School SHEPHERD | 504 | 78.4% | N/A |
| Live Oak Learning Center ROCKPORT | 711 | 73.4% | 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 Nettie Baccus Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hood County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.7% | #2,505 of 4,401 | #6 of 7 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #3,226 of 4,466 ▼ 82 | #7 of 7 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #2,877 of 4,466 ▼ 48 | #7 of 7 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +1.5pp | #2,621 of 3,998 | #4 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 595 | #1,648 of 4,938 | #4 of 8 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #2,006 of 4,622 | #4 of 8 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.0% | #2,045 of 4,628 | #3 of 8 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 77.0% | #2,146 of 4,789 | #1 of 8 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +9.0% | #800 of 1,307 | 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
595
+89 (+18%) vs 2020
+48% since 1990-91, when it was 401
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 13.3:1
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 | 595 | 41 | 14.5:1 | 77% (458) |
| 2023-24 | 471 | 35.2 | 13.4:1 | 77% (364) |
| 2022-23 | 466 | 37.1 | 12.6:1 | 81% (379) |
| 2020-21 | 506 | 38 | 13.3:1 | 80% (407) |
| 2017-18 | 546 | 35 | 15.6:1 | 77% (418) |
| 2015-16 | 543 | 32 | 17.0:1 | 75% (405) |
| 2010-11 | 525 | 35 | 15.0:1 | 67% (351) |
| 2000-01 | 511 | 32 | 16.0:1 | 56% (285) |
| 1990-91 | 401 | 29 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Nettie Baccus Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 9% (546 to 595); teachers up 17% (35 to 41).
About Nettie Baccus Elementary School
Nettie Baccus Elementary School is an elementary school in GRANBURY, Texas, according to federal school records. The school counted 595 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 5.
GRANBURY ISD is responsible for 10 schools, Nettie Baccus Elementary School included, with 7,962 students in all.
White students account for 49% of enrollment at Nettie Baccus Elementary School, more than any other group. Enrollment also includes 46% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. Among people living in Hood County, the White share is about 85%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Nettie Baccus Elementary School scores 54%.
There are 41 full-time-equivalent teachers at the school, a ratio of 14.5:1. The average ratio among elementary schools in Texas is similar, at 15.1:1. On the income side, 77% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Hood County is 51%.
Nettie Baccus Elementary School holds a C+ allk12 Grade, placing it above 42% of Texas public elementary schools.
Nettie Baccus Elementary School is within a point of its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (40.7% versus 40.8%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Texas.
The school is in Hood County, where median household income comes to about $88,160, 33% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 6% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Hood County counts 18 public schools with about 9,530 students.
Measured in a straight line, Lake Granbury Academy is about 1.4 miles from Nettie Baccus Elementary School. The five-mile area around Nettie Baccus Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Nettie Baccus Elementary School comes in 3rd of 4 nearby schools on average proficiency.
Locale data from NCES put Nettie Baccus Elementary School in rural territory close to an urban area (Rural: Fringe).
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Nettie Baccus Elementary School had a net gain of 89 students, or 18%. The ratio of students to teachers went from 13.3:1 to 14.5:1 over the same years.
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Hood County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
65,894
Census ACS
Median income
$88,160
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
18
9,530 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in GRANBURY ISD
- Granbury High SchoolHigh · 2,215 students
- Acton Middle SchoolMiddle · 938 students
- Granbury Middle SchoolMiddle · 890 students
- Acton Elementary SchoolElementary · 841 students
- Mambrino SchoolElementary · 799 students
- John and Lynn Brawner Elementary SchoolElementary · 751 students
Other schools in GRANBURY
- Granbury High SchoolHigh · 2,215 students
- Acton Middle SchoolMiddle · 938 students
- Granbury Middle SchoolMiddle · 890 students
- Acton Elementary SchoolElementary · 841 students
- Mambrino SchoolElementary · 799 students
- John and Lynn Brawner Elementary SchoolElementary · 751 students
Nearby schools
- Lake Granbury Academy1.4 mi · 47
- Stars Accelerated High School1.6 mi · 44
- Granbury Middle School1.8 mi · 890
- Granbury High School2.1 mi · 2,215
- Premier H S of Granbury2.8 mi · 153
- Texasworks - Granbury2.8 mi · 6
Frequently asked questions
About Nettie Baccus Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Nettie Baccus Elementary School?
Nettie Baccus Elementary School enrolls approximately 595 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Nettie Baccus Elementary School serve?
Nettie Baccus Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Nettie Baccus Elementary School?
Approximately 14.5:1 students per teacher at Nettie Baccus Elementary School.
How diverse is Nettie Baccus Elementary School?
Nettie Baccus Elementary School reports a student body of 49% White, 46% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Nettie Baccus Elementary School in?
Nettie Baccus Elementary School is part of GRANBURY ISD.
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