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How has PEETE EL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
385
Elementary
DISTRICT 529 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TYLER ISD·NCES 484347004944
Peete Elementary School
1511 BELLWOOD DR, TYLER, TX 75701 · (903) 262-2460 · Smith County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL385 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
27 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
97%
374 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 19 | 5% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 74 | 19% |
| Grade 2 | 57 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 72 | 19% |
| Grade 4 | 59 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 55 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 11% smaller than its 5th grade class (55).
Student demographics
58%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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
36.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +15.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
36.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +1.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 36 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 36 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 15 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 7.0% | 29.0% | 25.0% | 39.0% |
| Mathematics | 11.0% | 25.0% | 19.0% | 45.0% |
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 | 36.0% | 36.0% |
| 2024-25 | 38.0% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 37.0% | 33.0% |
| 2022-23 | 41.0% | 57.0% |
| 2021-22 | 43.0% | 46.0% |
| 2020-21 | 21.0% | 35.0% |
% 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
31.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-1.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 31% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 32% 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 Peete Elementary School
Peete Elementary School's state test result (31.2% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Peete Elementary School this school | 385 | 97.1% | 31.2% |
| Van Zandt-Guinn Elementary School FORT WORTH | 366 | 95.6% | 20.5% |
| Brook Avenue Elementary School WACO | 356 | 97.8% | 16.6% |
| Alderson Elementary School LUBBOCK | 435 | 99.3% | 28.5% |
| Cameron Elementary School SAN ANTONIO | 344 | 96.5% | 34.1% |
| Whitney M Young Jr Elementary School DALLAS | 371 | 97.0% | 28.0% |
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 Peete Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Smith County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 31.2% | #3,558 of 4,401 | #25 of 30 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #3,395 of 4,466 ▲ 398 | #23 of 31 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 36.0% | #4,025 of 4,466 ▼ 302 | #27 of 31 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -13.0pp | #222 of 3,998 | #4 of 30 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 385 | #3,615 of 4,938 | #28 of 33 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 14.5:1 | #1,982 of 4,622 | #16 of 33 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 57.6% | #1,642 of 4,628 | #14 of 33 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 97.1% | #267 of 4,789 | #2 of 33 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +31.0% | #240 of 1,307 | #3 of 16 |
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
385
-31 (-7%) vs 2020
+16% since 1990-91, when it was 332
Student : Teacher
14.5:1
was 14.9:1
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 | 385 | 26.6 | 14.5:1 | 97% (374) |
| 2023-24 | 401 | 28 | 14.3:1 | 99% (396) |
| 2022-23 | 414 | 27 | 15.3:1 | 98% (406) |
| 2020-21 | 416 | 28 | 14.9:1 | 97% (403) |
| 2017-18 | 294 | 20 | 14.7:1 | 95% (278) |
| 2015-16 | 336 | 26 | 12.9:1 | 90% (302) |
| 2010-11 | 383 | 28 | 13.7:1 | 96% (366) |
| 2000-01 | 402 | 32 | 12.6:1 | 89% (356) |
| 1990-91 | 332 | 24 | 13.8:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Peete Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 31% (294 to 385); teachers up 33% (20 to 26.6).
About Peete Elementary School
The public elementary school Peete Elementary School is located in TYLER, Texas. Classes run from pre-K through 5, and the school has 385 students. Against the 519-student average for elementary schools in Texas, enrollment here is 26% lower.
TYLER ISD has a total of 26 schools and 18,708 students, Peete Elementary School among them.
By race and ethnicity, the largest group at Peete Elementary School is Hispanic (48%). The remaining students are 44% Black, 4% White, and 3% multiracial. Census figures show Smith County is about 21% Hispanic. By the diversity index, Peete Elementary School comes in at 58%.
Peete Elementary School counts 26.6 full-time-equivalent teachers, about 14.5 students for each one. Elementary schools in Texas average about 15.1:1, a similar figure. About 97% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. Public schools in Smith County average 64%.
Peete Elementary School's actual average proficiency rate on state tests (31.2%) and its predicted rate (32.2%) put it outside the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools.
Census estimates describe Smith County this way: median household income is about $74,192, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 29% of adults, and the poverty rate is about 8%. Federal data list 65 public schools in Smith County, with a combined enrollment of about 37,385.
The nearest public school is Alvin V Anderson Rise Academy, at about 0.9 miles. Peete Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. The nearest schools with test data average 59.5%, higher than Peete Elementary School's 31.2%.
Locale: City: Mid-size. In NCES terms, the school is inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Peete Elementary School saw enrollment fall 7% between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
Discussions about Peete Elementary School may include school safety, transportation, and start times. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
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
- Alvin V Anderson Rise Academy0.9 mi · 83
- Caldwell Arts Academy1.0 mi · 618
- Birdwell School1.0 mi · 568
- Jones Elementary School1.2 mi · 355
- Tyler ISD Early College High School1.3 mi · 447
- Texasworks - Tyler1.3 mi · 6
Frequently asked questions
About Peete Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Peete Elementary School?
Peete Elementary School enrolls approximately 385 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Peete Elementary School serve?
Peete Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Peete Elementary School have?
Peete Elementary School employs 27 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 14.5:1.
What is the student diversity at Peete Elementary School?
Student demographics at Peete Elementary School are roughly 4% White, 48% Hispanic, 44% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Who oversees Peete Elementary School?
Peete Elementary School is overseen by TYLER ISD in Smith County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.