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What's the biggest difference between ORR EL and what you expected?
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Enrollment
460
Elementary
DISTRICT 529 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TYLER ISD·NCES 484347004943
Orr Elementary School
3350 PINE HAVEN RD, TYLER, TX 75702 · (903) 262-2400 · Smith County
GRADES 02–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL460 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
29 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
418 students
DISTRICT 77% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 2 | 125 | 27% |
| Grade 3 | 114 | 25% |
| Grade 4 | 104 | 23% |
| Grade 5 | 117 | 25% |
Student demographics
48%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
School pathway
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within TYLER ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
34.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +4.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
23.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -17.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 4 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 17 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 11.0% | 23.0% | 24.0% | 42.0% |
| Mathematics | 10.0% | 13.0% | 23.0% | 54.0% |
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 | 34.0% | 23.0% |
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 30.0% | 23.0% |
| 2022-23 | 31.0% | 40.0% |
| 2021-22 | 40.0% | 42.0% |
| 2020-21 | 30.0% | 40.0% |
% 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
26.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-8.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Orr Elementary School
Orr Elementary School's state test result (26.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Orr Elementary School this school | 460 | 90.9% | 26.9% |
| David Daniels El Academy of Science & Math GRAND PRAIRIE | 445 | 91.2% | 34.1% |
| Ware Elementary School LONGVIEW | 411 | 90.0% | 39.6% |
| Valley West Elementary School HOUSTON | 505 | 90.9% | 34.3% |
| Stovall Ec/PK/K HOUSTON | 450 | 93.8% | N/A |
| Ridgemont Early Literacy Center HOUSTON | 410 | 93.7% | 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 Orr Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Smith County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 26.9% | #3,926 of 4,401 | #28 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #4,300 of 4,466 ▼ 501 | #29 of 31 ▼ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #4,131 of 4,466 ▼ 763 | #29 of 31 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -7.0pp | #540 of 3,998 | #10 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 460 | #2,908 of 4,938 | #22 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.9:1 | #3,180 of 4,622 | #23 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 47.9% | #2,586 of 4,628 | #27 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.9% | #975 of 4,789 | #11 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -28.7% | #575 of 2,838 | #1 of 15 |
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
460
-221 (-32%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 444
Student : Teacher
15.9:1
was 16.2:1
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 | 460 | 29 | 15.9:1 | 91% (418) |
| 2023-24 | 663 | 41.6 | 15.9:1 | 94% (622) |
| 2022-23 | 694 | 39.1 | 17.7:1 | 91% (633) |
| 2020-21 | 681 | 42 | 16.2:1 | 94% (638) |
| 2017-18 | 645 | 40.1 | 16.1:1 | 92% (595) |
| 2015-16 | 617 | 39 | 15.8:1 | 90% (556) |
| 2010-11 | 644 | 44 | 14.6:1 | 89% (576) |
| 2000-01 | 530 | 37 | 14.3:1 | 71% (374) |
| 1990-91 | 444 | 23 | 19.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Orr Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 29% (645 to 460); teachers down 28% (40.1 to 29).
About Orr Elementary School
Orr Elementary School, a mid-sized elementary school, is located in TYLER, Texas. The school enrolls 460 students in grades 2 through 5.
Orr Elementary School is among 26 schools run by TYLER ISD, which serves 18,708 students.
About 66% of the student body at Orr Elementary School is Hispanic. Smaller groups are 29% Black and 4% White. County-wide, 21% of Smith County residents are Hispanic. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 48%.
On staff are 29 full-time-equivalent teachers; the student-to-teacher ratio is 15.9:1. The average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, so this school has more students per teacher. About 91% of students at Orr Elementary School are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. That is 27 points above the 64% average for public schools in Smith County.
Compared with Texas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Orr Elementary School's results are 8.0 points below predicted: 26.9% against 34.9%.
The school is in Smith County, where the median household earns about $74,192 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 8%. Orr Elementary School shares Smith County with 64 other public schools.
Orr Elementary School's nearest public school is A W Orr El - Cp (less than a tenth of a mile). There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Orr Elementary School places 5th of 6 on proficiency among the closest schools that report scores.
Its NCES locale code is City: Mid-size: the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment decreased 32%.
Orr Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Smith County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
241,740
Census ACS
Median income
$74,192
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
65
37,385 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in TYLER ISD
- Tyler Legacy High SchoolHigh · 2,770 students
- Tyler High SchoolHigh · 2,148 students
- Moore Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,019 students
- Three Lakes Middle SchoolMiddle · 948 students
- Boulter Middle SchoolMiddle · 901 students
- Hubbard Middle SchoolMiddle · 869 students
Other schools in TYLER
- Tyler Legacy High SchoolHigh · 2,770 students
- Tyler High SchoolHigh · 2,148 students
- Moore Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,019 students
- Chapel Hill High SchoolHigh · 990 students
- Three Lakes Middle SchoolMiddle · 948 students
- Boulter Middle SchoolMiddle · 901 students
Nearby schools
- A W Orr El - Cp0.0 mi · 247
- Boulter Middle School1.2 mi · 901
- Tyler High School1.2 mi · 2,148
- Ramey Elementary School1.8 mi · 517
- Premier H S of Tyler1.9 mi · 38
- Texasworks - Tyler1.9 mi · 6
Frequently asked questions
About Orr Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Orr Elementary School?
Orr Elementary School enrolls approximately 460 students in grades 02-05.
Is Orr Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Orr Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 02-05.
How many students per teacher at Orr Elementary School?
Approximately 15.9:1 students per teacher at Orr Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Orr Elementary School?
At Orr Elementary School, the student body is approximately 4% White, 66% Hispanic, 29% Black, 0% Two or more.
Is Orr Elementary School public or private?
Orr Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by TYLER ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.