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Enrollment
471
Elementary
DISTRICT 446 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·DECATUR ISD·NCES 481650001406
Rann Elementary School
1300 DEER PARK RD, DECATUR, TX 76234 · (940) 393-7600 · Wise County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL471 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 23% of Texas public elementary schools
- CTest 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.
- A-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
13.2:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.7:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
63%
295 students
DISTRICT 45% · 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 | 35 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 69 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 63 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 67 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 85 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 89 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (63) is 29% smaller than its 5th grade class (89).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 53% · 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 DECATUR ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
50.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +24.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
37.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +5.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 50 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 24 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 23.0% | 27.0% | 26.0% | 24.0% |
| Mathematics | 13.0% | 24.0% | 30.0% | 33.0% |
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 | 50.0% | 37.0% |
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 42.0% | 32.0% |
| 2022-23 | 29.0% | 27.0% |
| 2021-22 | 20.0% | 20.0% |
| 2020-21 | 26.0% | 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
34.8%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-12.2pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 47% 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 Rann Elementary School
Rann Elementary School's state test result (34.8% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rann Elementary School this school | 471 | 62.6% | 34.8% |
| Comfort Elementary School COMFORT | 472 | 61.9% | 31.1% |
| Seminole Elementary School SEMINOLE | 485 | 64.7% | 45.1% |
| Harts Bluff Elementary School MOUNT PLESANT | 473 | 64.9% | 40.0% |
| Florence Elementary School FLORENCE | 523 | 62.5% | 37.9% |
| John J Ciavarra Elementary School DEVINE | 502 | 63.9% | N/A |
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 Rann Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Wise County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.8% | #3,182 of 4,401 | #9 of 12 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 37.0% | #3,202 of 4,466 ▼ 275 | #8 of 12 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #2,493 of 4,466 ▼ 264 | #9 of 12 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +15.5pp | #821 of 3,998 | #3 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 471 | #2,809 of 4,938 | #6 of 13 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.2:1 | #916 of 4,622 | #3 of 13 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.7% | #2,342 of 4,628 | #8 of 13 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 62.6% | #2,982 of 4,789 | #3 of 13 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -16.3% | #1,490 of 2,838 | N/A |
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
471
-97 (-17%) vs 2020
+1% since 1990-91, when it was 465
Student : Teacher
13.2:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 471 | 35.8 | 13.2:1 | 63% (295) |
| 2023-24 | 502 | 38.3 | 13.1:1 | 63% (316) |
| 2022-23 | 549 | 38.8 | 14.2:1 | 63% (346) |
| 2020-21 | 568 | 42 | 13.5:1 | 55% (311) |
| 2017-18 | 563 | 38.6 | 14.6:1 | 49% (274) |
| 2015-16 | 486 | 34 | 14.3:1 | 54% (264) |
| 2010-11 | 506 | 37 | 13.7:1 | 50% (252) |
| 2000-01 | 597 | 37 | 16.1:1 | 41% (246) |
| 1990-91 | 465 | 24 | 19.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rann Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (563 to 471); teachers down 7% (38.6 to 35.8).
About Rann Elementary School
Rann Elementary School is an elementary school in DECATUR, Texas, and it is part of DECATUR ISD. A total of 471 students attend the school, which covers pre-K through 5.
DECATUR ISD is made up of 6 schools with 3,786 students in all.
Roughly 61% of students at Rann Elementary School are Hispanic. Other groups include 35% White and 2% multiracial. By comparison, Wise County residents are about 21% Hispanic. Rann Elementary School's diversity index is 51%, against a US figure of 70%.
At Rann Elementary School, 35.8 full-time-equivalent teachers work with students, a ratio of about 13.2:1. On average, elementary schools in Texas have 15.1:1, compared with 13.2:1 here. Students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch make up 63% of enrollment. The gap from the 47% average for public schools in Wise County is 16 points.
Rann Elementary School is graded C- by allk12, scoring above 23% of Texas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Compared with Texas schools that have similar shares of low-income students, Rann Elementary School's results are 12.2 points below predicted: 34.8% against 46.9%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Wise County show that the median household income is $93,421, about 22% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 6%. Besides Rann Elementary School, Wise County has 27 other public schools.
The shortest distance from Rann Elementary School to another public school is about 0.4 miles, to McCarroll Middle School. Within five miles are 5 other public schools. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 49.9%; Rann Elementary School's is 34.8%, ranking 8th of 9.
Locale data from NCES put Rann Elementary School in a town some distance from an urbanized area (Town: Distant).
Enrollment has fallen by 97 students since 2020-21, to 471.
Families, students, and staff can use this page to discuss school safety, transportation, and start times at Rann Elementary School. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Wise County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
75,005
Census ACS
Median income
$93,421
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
22%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
28
12,854 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in DECATUR ISD
- Decatur High SchoolHigh · 1,163 students
- McCarroll Middle SchoolMiddle · 838 students
- Carson Elementary SchoolElementary · 489 students
- Young Elementary SchoolElementary · 445 students
- STEM Academy at Enis Elementary SchoolElementary · 380 students
Other schools in DECATUR
- Decatur High SchoolHigh · 1,163 students
- McCarroll Middle SchoolMiddle · 838 students
- Carson Elementary SchoolElementary · 489 students
- Young Elementary SchoolElementary · 445 students
- STEM Academy at Enis Elementary SchoolElementary · 380 students
Nearby schools
- McCarroll Middle School0.4 mi · 838
- STEM Academy at Enis Elementary School0.6 mi · 380
- Decatur High School1.8 mi · 1,163
- Carson Elementary School2.2 mi · 489
- Young Elementary School2.5 mi · 445
- Paradise High School7.5 mi · 373
Frequently asked questions
About Rann Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Rann Elementary School?
Rann Elementary School enrolls approximately 471 students in grades PK-05.
Is Rann Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Rann Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Rann Elementary School have?
Rann Elementary School employs 36 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.2:1.
What is the student diversity at Rann Elementary School?
Student demographics at Rann Elementary School are roughly 35% White, 61% Hispanic, 0% Black, 2% Two or more.
What district is Rann Elementary School in?
Rann Elementary School is part of DECATUR ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.