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Enrollment
462
Elementary
DISTRICT 420 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SHERMAN ISD·NCES 484008011225
Percy W Neblett Elementary School
1505 GALLAGHER, SHERMAN, TX 75090 · (903) 891-6670 · Grayson County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL462 STUDENTS
D
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 9% of Texas public elementary schools
- C-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- DThree-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
9.6:1
48 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
64%
297 students
DISTRICT 68% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 2 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 75 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 86 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (60) is 30% smaller than its 5th grade class (86).
Student demographics
68%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
40.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +8.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
25.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -7.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 40 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 25 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 8 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 15.0% | 25.0% | 30.0% | 30.0% |
| Mathematics | 7.0% | 18.0% | 23.0% | 52.0% |
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 | 40.0% | 25.0% |
| 2024-25 | 39.0% | 22.0% |
| 2023-24 | 44.0% | 37.0% |
| 2022-23 | 48.0% | 45.0% |
| 2021-22 | 43.0% | 51.0% |
| 2020-21 | 32.0% | 32.0% |
% 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
33.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Percy W Neblett Elementary School
Percy W Neblett Elementary School's state test result (33.8% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Percy W Neblett Elementary School this school | 462 | 64.3% | 33.8% |
| Sarah Strinden Elementary School LUFKIN | 512 | 60.7% | 46.6% |
| Teague Elementary School TEAGUE | 483 | 63.6% | 63.8% |
| Turner Elementary School WILLIS | 463 | 66.5% | 46.6% |
| Northside Elementary School HENDERSON | 430 | 62.3% | 30.6% |
| Fain Elementary School WICHITA FALLS | 430 | 67.0% | 30.4% |
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 Percy W Neblett Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Grayson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.8% | #3,285 of 4,401 | #20 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #4,224 of 4,466 ▲ 17 | #23 of 24 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 40.0% | #3,709 of 4,466 ▼ 83 | #19 of 24 ▲ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -14.0pp | #191 of 3,998 | #1 of 21 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 462 | #2,894 of 4,938 | #10 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 9.6:1 | #14 of 4,622 | #1 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.9% | #717 of 4,628 | #5 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.3% | #2,886 of 4,789 | #13 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.7% | #2,148 of 2,838 | #5 of 10 |
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
462
+3 (+1%) vs 2020
-4% since 2010-11, when it was 480
Student : Teacher
9.6:1
was 11.5:1
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 | 462 | 48 | 9.6:1 | 64% (297) |
| 2023-24 | 561 | 50 | 11.2:1 | 68% (384) |
| 2022-23 | 559 | 50 | 11.2:1 | 70% (393) |
| 2020-21 | 459 | 40 | 11.5:1 | 79% (362) |
| 2017-18 | 506 | 44.1 | 11.5:1 | 73% (368) |
| 2015-16 | 498 | 38 | 13.1:1 | 71% (355) |
| 2010-11 | 480 | 36 | 13.3:1 | 76% (366) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Percy W Neblett Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (506 to 462); teachers up 9% (44.1 to 48).
About Percy W Neblett Elementary School
Percy W Neblett Elementary School serves students in SHERMAN, Texas, as a mid-sized elementary school. Enrollment totals 462 students across kindergarten through 5.
Percy W Neblett Elementary School is one school in a 16-school district, SHERMAN ISD, which enrolls 7,788 students.
White students account for 47% of enrollment at Percy W Neblett Elementary School, more than any other group. Enrollment also includes 28% Hispanic, 14% Black, 8% multiracial, and 3% Asian. Among people living in Grayson County, the White share is about 76%. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Percy W Neblett Elementary School scores 68%.
A staff of 48 full-time-equivalent teachers puts the student-to-teacher ratio at 9.6:1. Compared with the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas, this school's ratio is lower. By family income, 64% of students are eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Grayson County is 53%.
Percy W Neblett Elementary School holds a D allk12 Grade, placing it above 9% of Texas public elementary schools.
The model predicts 46.2% for a school in Texas with Percy W Neblett Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch share. Percy W Neblett Elementary School posts 33.8%.
The school is in Grayson County, where median household income comes to about $72,182, 24% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 8% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Grayson County counts 68 public schools with about 25,915 students.
Dillingham Elementary School sits about 0.2 miles from Percy W Neblett Elementary School. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. On state test proficiency, Percy W Neblett Elementary School ranks 4th in a group of 8 nearby schools.
Percy W Neblett Elementary School is coded as City: Small in federal locale data.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 459 to 462. The ratio was 11.5:1 in 2020-21 and 9.6:1 in 2024-25.
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Grayson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
143,337
Census ACS
Median income
$72,182
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
8%
Below federal line
Schools in county
68
25,915 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SHERMAN ISD
- Sherman High SchoolHigh · 2,143 students
- Sherman Middle SchoolMiddle · 869 students
- Piner Middle SchoolMiddle · 831 students
- Dillingham Elementary SchoolElementary · 710 students
- Henry W Sory Elementary SchoolElementary · 619 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 464 students
Other schools in SHERMAN
- Sherman High SchoolHigh · 2,143 students
- Sherman Middle SchoolMiddle · 869 students
- Piner Middle SchoolMiddle · 831 students
- Dillingham Elementary SchoolElementary · 710 students
- Henry W Sory Elementary SchoolElementary · 619 students
- Washington Elementary SchoolElementary · 464 students
Nearby schools
- Dillingham Elementary School0.2 mi · 710
- Fairview Elementary School1.8 mi · 382
- Fred Douglass Early Childhood Center2.0 mi · 224
- Sherman Middle School2.3 mi · 869
- Piner Middle School2.7 mi · 831
- Crutchfield Elementary School2.7 mi · 424
Frequently asked questions
About Percy W Neblett Elementary SchoolHow large is Percy W Neblett Elementary School?
Percy W Neblett Elementary School enrolls approximately 462 students in grades KG-05.
Is Percy W Neblett Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Percy W Neblett Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Percy W Neblett Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Percy W Neblett Elementary School is approximately 9.6:1 (48 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Percy W Neblett Elementary School?
At Percy W Neblett Elementary School, the student body is approximately 47% White, 28% Hispanic, 14% Black, 3% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Percy W Neblett Elementary School public or private?
Percy W Neblett Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by SHERMAN ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.