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Enrollment
1,134
Elementary
DISTRICT 547 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BEAUMONT ISD·NCES 480967007365
Pietzsch/Mac Arthur Elementary School
4301 HIGHLAND AVE, BEAUMONT, TX 77705 · (409) 617-6475 · Jefferson County
GRADES PK–08ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL1,134 STUDENTS
F
allk12 Grade
Scored higher than 1% of Texas public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- FBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- C+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
16.6:1
68 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
96%
1,094 students
DISTRICT 86% · 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 | 86 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 86 | 8% |
| Grade 1 | 107 | 9% |
| Grade 2 | 105 | 9% |
| Grade 3 | 89 | 8% |
| Grade 4 | 105 | 9% |
| Grade 5 | 85 | 7% |
| Grade 6 | 158 | 14% |
| Grade 7 | 157 | 14% |
| Grade 8 | 156 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (86) is 45% smaller than its 8th grade class (156).
Student demographics
55%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 55% · 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
25.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +17.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
14.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +7.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 25 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 14 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 17 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 7 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 6.0% | 19.0% | 25.0% | 50.0% |
| Mathematics | 4.0% | 10.0% | 22.0% | 64.0% |
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 | 25.0% | 14.0% |
| 2024-25 | 17.0% | 9.0% |
| 2023-24 | 21.0% | 11.0% |
| 2022-23 | 20.0% | 13.0% |
| 2021-22 | 23.0% | 10.0% |
| 2020-21 | 8.0% | 7.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
13.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
32.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 13% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 32% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Pietzsch/Mac Arthur Elementary School
Pietzsch/Mac Arthur Elementary School's state test result (13.5% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pietzsch/Mac Arthur Elementary School this school | 1,134 | 96.5% | 13.5% |
| Prek Partnership Center DALLAS | 1,295 | 98.7% | N/A |
| KIPP Unity Primary School HOUSTON | 1,050 | 89.6% | 49.9% |
| Albert C Black Jr Steam Academy DALLAS | 828 | 97.8% | 39.9% |
| Iltexas Houston Orem Elementary School HOUSTON | 837 | 90.0% | 14.9% |
| Francis Elementary School HUMBLE | 770 | 91.9% | 26.6% |
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 Pietzsch/Mac Arthur Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Jefferson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 13.5% | #4,379 of 4,401 | #33 of 34 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 14.0% | #4,436 of 4,466 ▲ 17 | #31 of 34 ▲ 3 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 25.0% | #4,394 of 4,466 ▲ 41 | #29 of 34 ▲ 5 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +3.0pp | #2,398 of 3,998 | #15 of 29 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 1,134 | #40 of 4,938 | #1 of 40 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.6:1 | #3,674 of 4,622 | #29 of 36 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 54.5% | #1,981 of 4,628 | #17 of 38 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 96.5% | #330 of 4,789 | #5 of 39 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +28.7% | #276 of 1,307 | #5 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
1,134
+209 (+23%) vs 2020
+16% since 2000-01, when it was 980
Student : Teacher
16.6:1
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 | 1,134 | 68.3 | 16.6:1 | 96% (1,094) |
| 2023-24 | 1,022 | 68.8 | 14.8:1 | 95% (976) |
| 2022-23 | 1,083 | 63.3 | 17.1:1 | 97% (1,051) |
| 2020-21 | 925 | 62 | 14.9:1 | 97% (901) |
| 2017-18 | 881 | 50 | 17.6:1 | 94% (826) |
| 2015-16 | 871 | 55 | 15.8:1 | 92% (802) |
| 2010-11 | 1,045 | 65 | 16.1:1 | 93% (970) |
| 2000-01 | 980 | 65 | 15.1:1 | 91% (888) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pietzsch/Mac Arthur Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 29% (881 to 1,134); teachers up 37% (50 to 68.3).
About Pietzsch/Mac Arthur Elementary School
Pietzsch/Mac Arthur Elementary School is a large elementary school in BEAUMONT, Texas, one of the schools in BEAUMONT ISD. Enrollment totals 1,134 students across pre-K through 8. The school is 118% larger than the average for elementary schools in Texas.
Pietzsch/Mac Arthur Elementary School is among 26 schools run by BEAUMONT ISD, which serves 16,336 students.
Federal enrollment data show Pietzsch/Mac Arthur Elementary School is 55% Black. The remaining shares are 39% Hispanic and 3% White. Jefferson County as a whole is about 33% Black, so the school's share is higher. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 55, compared with 70 nationally.
Pietzsch/Mac Arthur Elementary School has a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.6:1, with 68.3 full-time-equivalent teachers. The average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1, so this school has more students per teacher. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 96% at Pietzsch/Mac Arthur Elementary School. It compares with 71% for public schools in Jefferson County.
On the allk12 Grade, Pietzsch/Mac Arthur Elementary School lands at F, ahead of 1% of Texas public elementary schools.
Pietzsch/Mac Arthur Elementary School falls short of its prediction by 19.0 points. The model expects 32.5% for a school with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Texas; the school's rate is 13.5%.
Five-year Census Bureau estimates for Jefferson County show that the median household earns about $60,026 a year, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 20%, and about 16% of people live in poverty. Jefferson County has 92 public schools with about 42,825 students, including Pietzsch/Mac Arthur Elementary School.
Of the public schools around it, Pietzsch/Mac Arthur Elementary School is closest to Bingman PK, about 0.7 miles away. Pietzsch/Mac Arthur Elementary School has at least 8 other public schools within five miles. Local comparison: Pietzsch/Mac Arthur Elementary School ranks 5th of 5 nearby schools, at 13.5% versus a 27.3% average.
Its location is classified as City: Mid-size by the National Center for Education Statistics.
From 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment rose from 925 to 1,134, a 23% gain. Staffing shifted too: the ratio moved from 14.9:1 to 16.6:1.
This page is set up for the Pietzsch/Mac Arthur Elementary School community to discuss homework, tutoring, and testing dates. Current and former families are welcome to add their experience.
Jefferson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
253,878
Census ACS
Median income
$60,026
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
20%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
92
42,825 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BEAUMONT ISD
- West Brook Sr High SchoolHigh · 2,213 students
- Beaumont United High SchoolHigh · 2,035 students
- Odom Middle SchoolMiddle · 837 students
- Regina Howell Elementary SchoolElementary · 742 students
- Guess Elementary SchoolElementary · 722 students
- Caldwood Elementary SchoolElementary · 694 students
Other schools in BEAUMONT
- West Brook Sr High SchoolHigh · 2,213 students
- Beaumont United High SchoolHigh · 2,035 students
- Harmony Science Academy- BeaumontCombined · 1,206 students
- Odom Middle SchoolMiddle · 837 students
- Regina Howell Elementary SchoolElementary · 742 students
- Guess Elementary SchoolElementary · 722 students
Nearby schools
- Bingman PK0.7 mi · 509
- Trinity Charter Schools - Beaumont Campus0.7 mi · 12
- Pathways Learning Center1.6 mi · 131
- Odom Middle School1.6 mi · 837
- Blanchette Elementary School1.6 mi · 485
- Charlton-Pollard Elementary School1.9 mi · 502
Frequently asked questions
About Pietzsch/Mac Arthur Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Pietzsch/Mac Arthur Elementary School?
Pietzsch/Mac Arthur Elementary School enrolls approximately 1,134 students in grades PK-08.
What age range does Pietzsch/Mac Arthur Elementary School serve?
Pietzsch/Mac Arthur Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 08.
How many students per teacher at Pietzsch/Mac Arthur Elementary School?
Approximately 16.6:1 students per teacher at Pietzsch/Mac Arthur Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Pietzsch/Mac Arthur Elementary School?
Student demographics at Pietzsch/Mac Arthur Elementary School are roughly 3% White, 39% Hispanic, 55% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
Who oversees Pietzsch/Mac Arthur Elementary School?
Pietzsch/Mac Arthur Elementary School is overseen by BEAUMONT ISD in Jefferson County.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.