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Enrollment
552
Elementary
DISTRICT 363 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·POTTSBORO ISD·NCES 483558004035
Pottsboro Elementary School
1401 KATY LN, POTTSBORO, TX 75076 · (903) 771-2981 · Grayson County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY41-RURALREGULAR SCHOOL552 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 59% of Texas public elementary schools
- B+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
15.0:1
37 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
37%
202 students
DISTRICT 33% · 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 | 39 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 104 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 99 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 90 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 129 | 23% |
This year's kindergarten class (104) is 19% smaller than its 4th grade class (129).
Student demographics
33%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 33% · 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 POTTSBORO ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
71.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +0.0pp since 2021
Mathematics
64.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +50.0pp since 2021
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 71 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 64 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores have held steady since 2021, while math scores are up about 50 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 31.0% | 40.0% | 19.0% | 10.0% |
| Mathematics | 33.0% | 31.0% | 22.0% | 14.0% |
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 | 71.0% | 64.0% |
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 62.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 44.0% |
| 2021-22 | 71.0% | 14.0% |
% 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
53.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
58.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-4.5pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 54% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 58% 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 Pottsboro Elementary School
Pottsboro Elementary School's state test result (53.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pottsboro Elementary School this school | 552 | 36.6% | 53.6% |
| Lumberton Primary School LUMBERTON | 574 | 37.5% | N/A |
| Robert F Hunt Elementary School DIANA | 537 | 40.4% | 64.2% |
| Chisum Elementary School PARIS | 584 | 41.4% | 52.2% |
| Canton Intermediate School CANTON | 533 | 37.7% | 53.3% |
| Hallettsville Elementary School HALLETTSVILLE | 465 | 37.4% | 66.9% |
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 Pottsboro Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Grayson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 53.6% | #1,159 of 4,401 | #3 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 64.0% | #719 of 4,466 ▲ 61 | #1 of 24 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 71.0% | #696 of 4,466 ▲ 742 | #1 of 24 ▲ 3 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 552 | #2,021 of 4,938 | #4 of 28 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.0:1 | #2,476 of 4,622 | #21 of 26 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 32.7% | #3,333 of 4,628 | #25 of 26 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 36.6% | #4,050 of 4,789 | #25 of 28 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +0.4% | #1,285 of 1,307 | #12 of 12 |
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
552
+17 (+3%) vs 2020
+30% since 1990-91, when it was 426
Student : Teacher
15.0:1
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 | 552 | 36.8 | 15.0:1 | 37% (202) |
| 2023-24 | 539 | 37.5 | 14.4:1 | 40% (214) |
| 2022-23 | 543 | 38.3 | 14.2:1 | 41% (223) |
| 2020-21 | 535 | 36 | 14.9:1 | 47% (251) |
| 2017-18 | 550 | 33.8 | 16.3:1 | 45% (248) |
| 2015-16 | 548 | 31 | 17.7:1 | 50% (272) |
| 2010-11 | 429 | 26 | 16.5:1 | 51% (219) |
| 2000-01 | 575 | 36 | 16.0:1 | 26% (150) |
| 1990-91 | 426 | 21 | 20.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Pottsboro Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students unchanged (550 to 552); teachers up 9% (33.8 to 36.8).
About Pottsboro Elementary School
Pottsboro Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in Texas, located in POTTSBORO. The school serves 552 students in pre-K through 4 in 2024-25.
Pottsboro Elementary School is a school in POTTSBORO ISD. The district has 4 schools and 1,453 students.
White students are the large majority at Pottsboro Elementary School, with 81% of enrollment. The remaining shares are 9% Hispanic and 8% multiracial. By the diversity index, Pottsboro Elementary School comes in at 33%.
Federal data list 36.8 full-time-equivalent teachers at Pottsboro Elementary School in 2024-25, for a ratio of 15.0:1. Elementary schools in Texas average about 15.1:1, a similar figure. The school's rate of free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 37%. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Grayson County is 53%.
Measured against Texas public elementary schools, Pottsboro Elementary School receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
Pottsboro Elementary School's average proficiency rate on state tests of 53.6% is 4.5 points below the 58.1% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
Across Grayson County, median household income is about $72,182, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 24%, and roughly 8% of residents are in poverty. Pottsboro Elementary School is among the 68 public schools in Grayson County.
Pottsboro Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.1 miles away. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools.
Pottsboro Elementary School falls in the Rural: Fringe locale category, used for schools in rural territory close to an urban area.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, the student count climbed from 535 to 552.
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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 POTTSBORO ISD
- Pottsboro High SchoolHigh · 460 students
- Pottsboro Middle SchoolMiddle · 440 students
- Grayson County Juvenile Justice AEPMiddle · 1 students
Other schools in POTTSBORO
- Pottsboro High SchoolHigh · 460 students
- Pottsboro Middle SchoolMiddle · 440 students
Nearby schools
- Pottsboro Middle School0.1 mi · 440
- Pottsboro High School0.5 mi · 460
- Grayson County JJAEP - Denison3.6 mi · 1
- Jefferson Learning Center3.6 mi · 82
- Perrin Early Childhood Center3.6 mi · 168
- Grayson County Juvenile Justice AEP3.7 mi · 1
Frequently asked questions
About Pottsboro Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Pottsboro Elementary School?
Pottsboro Elementary School enrolls approximately 552 students in grades PK-04.
Is Pottsboro Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Pottsboro Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-04.
How many teachers does Pottsboro Elementary School have?
Pottsboro Elementary School employs 37 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 15.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Pottsboro Elementary School?
At Pottsboro Elementary School, the student body is approximately 81% White, 9% Hispanic, 1% Black, 8% Two or more.
What district is Pottsboro Elementary School in?
Pottsboro Elementary School is part of POTTSBORO ISD.
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