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What's the most underrated thing about RJ RICHEY EL that outsiders don't know?
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Enrollment
510
Elementary
DISTRICT 506 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BURNET CISD·NCES 481222005851
Rj Richey Elementary School
500 E GRAVES, BURNET, TX 78611 · (512) 756-2609 · Burnet County
GRADES 03–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL510 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 19% 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.
- 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
16.8:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.5:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
56%
287 students
DISTRICT 60% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 3 | 180 | 35% |
| Grade 4 | 161 | 32% |
| Grade 5 | 169 | 33% |
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 52% · 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
Rj Richey Elementary School→Burnet Middle School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within BURNET CISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
46.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +20.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
34.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -1.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 46 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 34 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 20 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 1 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 18.0% | 28.0% | 22.0% | 32.0% |
| Mathematics | 12.0% | 22.0% | 25.0% | 41.0% |
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 | 46.0% | 34.0% |
| 2024-25 | 42.0% | 32.0% |
| 2023-24 | 36.0% | 35.0% |
| 2022-23 | 25.0% | 25.0% |
| 2021-22 | 38.0% | 24.0% |
| 2020-21 | 26.0% | 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
33.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
49.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-16.0pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 50% 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 Rj Richey Elementary School
Rj Richey Elementary School's state test result (33.6% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rj Richey Elementary School this school | 510 | 56.3% | 33.6% |
| Magnolia Elementary School MAGNOLIA | 502 | 55.8% | 52.5% |
| Blue Ridge Elementary School BLUE RIDGE | 510 | 55.1% | 41.9% |
| Boyd Elementary School BOYD | 541 | 54.3% | 50.6% |
| Hill Country Elementary School PIPE CREEK | 446 | 57.2% | 31.9% |
| Young Elementary School DECATUR | 445 | 57.1% | 56.8% |
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 Rj Richey Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Burnet County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.6% | #3,296 of 4,401 | #4 of 6 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #3,523 of 4,466 ▲ 22 | #4 of 6 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #2,986 of 4,466 ▲ 298 | #3 of 6 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +15.0pp | #856 of 3,998 | #3 of 6 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 510 | #2,425 of 4,938 | #5 of 7 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.8:1 | #3,776 of 4,622 | #7 of 7 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 50.5% | #2,367 of 4,628 | #5 of 7 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 56.3% | #3,303 of 4,789 | #6 of 7 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.8% | #2,133 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
510
+48 (+10%) vs 2020
+98% since 1990-91, when it was 258
Student : Teacher
16.8:1
was 15.9:1
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 | 510 | 30.4 | 16.8:1 | 56% (287) |
| 2023-24 | 495 | 25.7 | 19.3:1 | 61% (302) |
| 2022-23 | 487 | 33.4 | 14.6:1 | 57% (279) |
| 2020-21 | 462 | 29 | 15.9:1 | 50% (231) |
| 2017-18 | 559 | 33.1 | 16.9:1 | 59% (330) |
| 2015-16 | 537 | 31 | 17.3:1 | 58% (314) |
| 2010-11 | 385 | 24 | 16.0:1 | 61% (235) |
| 2000-01 | 320 | 19 | 16.8:1 | 41% (131) |
| 1990-91 | 258 | 34 | 7.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rj Richey Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 9% (559 to 510); teachers down 8% (33.1 to 30.4).
About Rj Richey Elementary School
Rj Richey Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in BURNET CISD, located in BURNET, Texas. The school reports 510 students in grades 3 through 5.
Across its 6 schools, BURNET CISD enrolls 3,209 students. Rj Richey Elementary School is one of those schools.
White students make up a majority at Rj Richey Elementary School, at 62%. Smaller groups are 34% Hispanic and 2% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Burnet County is roughly 79% White. The school's diversity index is 51%, meaning two students picked at random have a 51% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Its 30.4 full-time-equivalent teachers give the school a ratio of 16.8:1. This ratio sits 1.7 above the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility is 56%.
Measured against Texas public elementary schools, Rj Richey Elementary School receives a C-. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
In Texas, Rj Richey Elementary School is one of the bottom 10% of schools on BeatsExpectations, with an average proficiency rate on state tests of 33.6% compared with a predicted 49.7%.
Rj Richey Elementary School is located in Burnet County, where the median household income is $78,732, roughly 29% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 6%. Rj Richey Elementary School is one of 13 public schools in the county.
The closest public school to Rj Richey Elementary School is Quest High School, about 0.4 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, 4 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Rj Richey Elementary School is 5th of 6 on proficiency.
Under the NCES locale system, Rj Richey Elementary School is Town: Distant.
The school enrolled 510 students in 2024-25, 48 more than the 462 it had in 2020-21.
Threads on this page can be about sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Alumni can share how the school prepared them.
Burnet County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
52,652
Census ACS
Median income
$78,732
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
29%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
7,210 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BURNET CISD
- Burnet High SchoolHigh · 946 students
- Burnet Middle SchoolMiddle · 711 students
- Shady Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 570 students
- Bertram Elementary SchoolElementary · 437 students
- Quest High SchoolHigh · 35 students
Other schools in BURNET
- Burnet High SchoolHigh · 946 students
- Burnet Middle SchoolMiddle · 711 students
- Shady Grove Elementary SchoolElementary · 570 students
- Quest High SchoolHigh · 35 students
Nearby schools
- Quest High School0.4 mi · 35
- Burnet Middle School0.4 mi · 711
- Shady Grove Elementary School0.5 mi · 570
- Burnet High School0.5 mi · 946
- Bertram Elementary School10.4 mi · 437
- Colt Elementary School12.0 mi · 572
Frequently asked questions
About Rj Richey Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Rj Richey Elementary School?
Rj Richey Elementary School enrolls approximately 510 students in grades 03-05.
What grades does Rj Richey Elementary School serve?
Rj Richey Elementary School serves grades 03-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Rj Richey Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Rj Richey Elementary School is approximately 16.8:1 (30 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Rj Richey Elementary School?
Student demographics at Rj Richey Elementary School are roughly 62% White, 34% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Asian, 2% Two or more.
What district is Rj Richey Elementary School in?
Rj Richey Elementary School is part of BURNET CISD.
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