NORTH ZULCH ELEMENTARY/SECONDARY
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 62 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are up about 2 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 57% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 45% 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 NORTH ZULCH ELEMENTARY/SECONDARY
NORTH ZULCH ELEMENTARY/SECONDARY, a cozy all-grades campus in NORTH ZULCH, Texas, operated by NORTH ZULCH ISD, teaches 333 students, covering grades pre-K through 12. Enrollment runs roughly 31% leaner than the state mean of about 485.
NORTH ZULCH ELEMENTARY/SECONDARY sits inside NORTH ZULCH ISD, the local public-school operator responsible for the campus.
On demographics, NORTH ZULCH ELEMENTARY/SECONDARY logs that White students make up the majority at 73%. The remainder comes out to 19% Hispanic, 5% multiracial, 2% Black. The wider county runs roughly 59% White, putting the school's mix considerably more White than the area baseline.
Looking at the economic backdrop, NORTH ZULCH ELEMENTARY/SECONDARY reports 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 10.1:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 11.7:1, putting NORTH ZULCH ELEMENTARY/SECONDARY tighter than the state norm the norm. An estimated 65% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal.
After controlling for student poverty, NORTH ZULCH ELEMENTARY/SECONDARY tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 45.4% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 57.4%.
Around the school, census data for Madison County shows the typical household earns roughly $74,596 per year, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 11% of residents live below the federal poverty line. In all, Madison County runs 5 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,710 students), of which NORTH ZULCH ELEMENTARY/SECONDARY is one.
NORMANGEE EL is the nearest neighboring public school, about 7.6 miles from this campus. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a ten-mile radius, suggesting a relatively low-density school footprint. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts NORTH ZULCH ELEMENTARY/SECONDARY at 3rd of 9; the average score across the group is 53.6%.
NORTH ZULCH ELEMENTARY/SECONDARY operates from a countryside location.
Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count fell 6%: 353 students in 2018 compared to 333 in 2025. White enrollment moved from 79% to 73% across the same window. Class-load math has fell: from 11.2:1 in 2018 to 10.1:1 in 2025.
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