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NORMA J PASCHAL EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 56 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 42 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 36 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 22 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 49% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 60% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About NORMA J PASCHAL EL
As a reasonably sized elementary-level community in SCHERTZ, Texas, NORMA J PASCHAL EL enrolls 574 students from grades pre-K through 4, overseen by SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD.
NORMA J PASCHAL EL is one of 16 schools operated by SCHERTZ-CIBOLO-U CITY ISD, a district that works with 14,947 students overall.
On the student-mix side, NORMA J PASCHAL EL lists that the largest single group is Hispanic at 47%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder comes out to 38% White, 7% multiracial, 6% Black.
In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 41 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 14.1:1. The state averages around 15.1:1, so this campus is tighter than the state norm typical. Roughly 31% of students at NORMA J PASCHAL EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is below Guadalupe County's rate of about 45%.
Adjusting for the school's free-and-reduced-lunch share, NORMA J PASCHAL EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 60.3% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 49.0%.
In the broader community, Guadalupe County reports that median household earnings sit near $92,375, roughly 31% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 7% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Guadalupe County runs 49 public schools (combined enrollment of about 30,977 students), of which NORMA J PASCHAL EL is one.
LAURA INGALLS WILDER INT is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.4 miles from this campus. Within five miles, there are 8 other public schools. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts NORMA J PASCHAL EL at 3rd of 8; the average score across the group is 45.5%.
NORMA J PASCHAL EL operates from an outer-ring location.
Five-year trend. NORMA J PASCHAL EL's enrollment has contracted 14% since 2018, when it stood at 670 (now 574). White enrollment moved from 50% to 38% across the same window. The student-to-teacher ratio fell from 17.0:1 in 2018 to 14.1:1 today.
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Guadalupe County at a glance
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