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PEASTER EL
Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveBeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodology7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About PEASTER EL
Set in WEATHERFORD, Texas, PEASTER EL is a medium-sized primary school, run under PEASTER ISD. It teaches 525 students across grades pre-K through 3.
PEASTER ISD comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 1,776 students; PEASTER EL is among them.
On demographics, PEASTER EL shows that White students make up the majority at 74%. Beyond that, the school lists 21% Hispanic, 4% multiracial. That is visibly less White than the county at large, where the share is closer to 83%.
In terms of school funding signals, The school employs 34 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.6:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 32% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a number frequently used as a low-income enrollment indicator.
After controlling for student poverty, PEASTER EL is in the bottom 10% of Texas public schools. The BeatsExpectations model predicts schools with this FRL share to land around 59.7%; PEASTER EL posts 45.5%, -14.2 points below that line.
Zooming out to the county, Parker County reports that median household earnings sit near $104,443, about 32% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 6%. PEASTER EL is one of 51 public schools in Parker County (combined enrollment of about 28,354 students).
Nearest neighbor: PEASTER INT, around 0.1 miles off. Within five miles, there are 3 other public schools. Among the 9 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), PEASTER EL ranks 4th on composite proficiency, higher than the local average of 45.3%.
PEASTER EL operates from a rural location.
Five-year trend. PEASTER EL's enrollment has edged down 16% since 2018, when it stood at 627 (now 525). Over the same period, the White share declined from 85% to 74%. Class-load math has widened: from 12.8:1 in 2018 to 15.6:1 in 2025.
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