Enrollment
290
Elementary
DISTRICT 207 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·PANHANDLE ISD·NCES 483423003804
Panhandle Elementary School
106 W 9TH ST, PANHANDLE, TX 79068 · (806) 537-3579 · Carson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL290 STUDENTS
A-
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Scored higher than 81% of Texas public elementary schools
- ATest 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.
- A-Three-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
12.0:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
16%
47 students
DISTRICT 19% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 29 | 10% |
| Kindergarten | 44 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 28 | 10% |
| Grade 2 | 40 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 50 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 45 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 54 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (44) is 19% smaller than its 5th grade class (54).
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 34% · 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
Students here typically continue to
Based on grade levels within PANHANDLE ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
65.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +25.0pp since 2022
Mathematics
54.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +14.0pp since 2022
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 25 points since 2022, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 36.0% | 29.0% | 20.0% | 15.0% |
| Mathematics | 21.0% | 33.0% | 27.0% | 19.0% |
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 | 65.0% | 54.0% |
| 2024-25 | 71.0% | 60.0% |
| 2023-24 | 75.0% | 65.0% |
| 2022-23 | 40.0% | 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
65.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
66.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.9pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 66% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 67% 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 Panhandle Elementary School
Panhandle Elementary School's state test result (65.9% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Panhandle Elementary School this school | 290 | 16.2% | 65.9% |
| Crawford Elementary School CRAWFORD | 278 | 17.3% | 67.0% |
| Falls City Elementary School FALLS CITY | 258 | 19.4% | 77.8% |
| Bushland Intermediate School AMARILLO | 314 | 13.4% | 53.2% |
| Buffalo Gap Elementary School BUFFALO GAP | 224 | 16.5% | 73.5% |
| Christoval Elementary School CHRISTOVAL | 273 | 12.8% | 56.9% |
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 Panhandle Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 65.9% | #470 of 4,401 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #1,423 of 4,466 ▼ 534 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 65.0% | #1,056 of 4,466 ▼ 352 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +19.5pp | #537 of 3,998 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 290 | #4,258 of 4,938 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.0:1 | #345 of 4,622 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.9% | #3,326 of 4,628 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 16.2% | #4,523 of 4,789 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.0% | #1,595 of 2,838 |
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
290
-23 (-7%) vs 2020
+4% since 1990-91, when it was 279
Student : Teacher
12.0:1
was 13.6:1
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 | 290 | 24.2 | 12.0:1 | 16% (47) |
| 2023-24 | 293 | 22.8 | 12.9:1 | 27% (78) |
| 2022-23 | 317 | 23.6 | 13.4:1 | 32% (100) |
| 2020-21 | 313 | 23 | 13.6:1 | 37% (116) |
| 2017-18 | 341 | 22.9 | 14.9:1 | 36% (122) |
| 2015-16 | 307 | 24 | 12.8:1 | 30% (91) |
| 2010-11 | 334 | 26 | 12.8:1 | 32% (108) |
| 2000-01 | 330 | 27 | 12.2:1 | 27% (89) |
| 1990-91 | 279 | 1 | 279.0:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Panhandle Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 15% (341 to 290); teachers up 6% (22.9 to 24.2).
About Panhandle Elementary School
Panhandle Elementary School is an elementary school with a street address in PANHANDLE, Texas. The school reports 290 students in pre-K through 5. The school's enrollment is 44% smaller than the 519 average for elementary schools in Texas.
Panhandle Elementary School belongs to PANHANDLE ISD, a district of 3 schools and 620 students.
The large majority of students at Panhandle Elementary School, 81%, are White. Other reported shares: 13% Hispanic and 4% multiracial. Carson County's residents are about 90% White, 10 points above the school's share. The chance that two students picked at random at Panhandle Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 33%.
Panhandle Elementary School's 24.2 full-time-equivalent teachers put its ratio at 12.0:1. That ratio is under the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 16%. That is 12 points below the 28% average for public schools in Carson County.
The allk12 Grade for Panhandle Elementary School is A-. Compared with Texas public elementary schools, the school scored higher than 81% on a mix of test scores, poverty-adjusted results, and recent trend.
Based on student poverty, the model expects 66.8% at Panhandle Elementary School; the school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 65.9%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Carson County show that median household income is about $85,231, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 26%, and about 4% of people live in poverty. Panhandle Elementary School is one of 6 public schools in Carson County, which together enroll about 1,072 students.
The closest public school to Panhandle Elementary School is Panhandle Junior High School, about 0.1 miles away. Other public schools within five miles number 2. Among 9 nearby schools that report test results, Panhandle Elementary School ranks 2nd on proficiency.
By NCES locale, the school is Rural: Distant, or in rural territory some distance from an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count dropped from 313 to 290. Students per teacher fell from 13.6 in 2020-21 to 12.0 in 2024-25.
Topics for discussion here include sports tryouts, band and choir, and theater. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Carson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
5,801
Census ACS
Median income
$85,231
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
4%
Below federal line
Schools in county
6
1,072 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in PANHANDLE ISD
- Panhandle High SchoolHigh · 201 students
- Panhandle Junior High SchoolMiddle · 129 students
Other schools in PANHANDLE
- Panhandle High SchoolHigh · 201 students
- Panhandle Junior High SchoolMiddle · 129 students
Nearby schools
- Panhandle Junior High School0.1 mi · 129
- Panhandle High School0.2 mi · 201
- White Deer High School13.1 mi · 156
- White Deer Elementary School13.3 mi · 166
- Highland Park Middle School16.8 mi · 194
- Highland Park Elementary School16.8 mi · 342
Frequently asked questions
About Panhandle Elementary SchoolHow large is Panhandle Elementary School?
Panhandle Elementary School enrolls approximately 290 students in grades PK-05.
Is Panhandle Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Panhandle Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Panhandle Elementary School?
Approximately 12.0:1 students per teacher at Panhandle Elementary School.
How diverse is Panhandle Elementary School?
Panhandle Elementary School reports a student body of 81% White, 13% Hispanic, 1% Black, 4% Two or more.
Is Panhandle Elementary School public or private?
Panhandle Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by PANHANDLE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.