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ROLAND REYNOLDS EL
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Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 77 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 67 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 44 points since 2021, while math scores are up about 17 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 72% of students here test proficient in math and reading, well above the roughly 57% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations ranks schools against others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school can post high scores and still fall short of its prediction, or post lower scores and still beat it. This school clears its prediction by about 15 points, placing it in Texas's top 10%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About ROLAND REYNOLDS EL
ROLAND REYNOLDS EL is one of the reasonably sized elementary campuss in FRANKLIN, Texas, operated by FRANKLIN ISD, with 586 students on its rolls from grades pre-K through 4.
Across the 3 schools in FRANKLIN ISD (1,462 students total), ROLAND REYNOLDS EL accounts for its share of the district's footprint.
For racial and ethnic makeup, ROLAND REYNOLDS EL shows that 68% of the student body identifies as White. Beyond that, the school shows 21% Hispanic, 6% Black, 4% multiracial.
On the income-and-resources front, On paper, ROLAND REYNOLDS EL has 48 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 12.3:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting ROLAND REYNOLDS EL tighter than the state norm the norm. Around 39% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, often used as a Title I proxy. By comparison, Robertson County runs at roughly 61%, so the school's eligibility rate is lower than the surrounding baseline.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), ROLAND REYNOLDS EL is in the OUTPERFORMING tier of the BeatsExpectations model, which fits a per-state line through proficiency and FRL share. Schools with this campus's poverty mix typically land near 56.8%; this one delivers 71.8%, a residual of +15.0 points.
In the surrounding community, the surrounding county (Robertson County) shows that median household earnings sit near $72,236, roughly 22% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 10%. Across Robertson County's 11 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,408 students), ROLAND REYNOLDS EL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: FRANKLIN MIDDLE, around 1.1 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 2 other public schools cluster around ROLAND REYNOLDS EL. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts ROLAND REYNOLDS EL at 2nd of 9; the average score across the group is 46.1%.
The campus sits in a small-town setting.
Five-year trend. Looking back 7 years, enrollment at ROLAND REYNOLDS EL has increased 9%, going from 539 students in 2018 to 586 in 2025. The student-to-teacher ratio narrowed from 13.8:1 in 2018 to 12.3:1 today.
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Robertson County at a glance
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