Round Top-Carmine Elementary School
Enrollment by grade, 2024-25
| Grade | Students | Share |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 8 | 7% |
| Kindergarten | 9 | 7% |
| Grade 1 | 16 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 19 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 17 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 18 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 18 | 15% |
| Grade 6 | 16 | 13% |
School pathway
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 63 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 79 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 42 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 36 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 28.0% | 35.0% | 22.0% | 15.0% |
| Mathematics | 50.0% | 29.0% | 14.0% | 7.0% |
STAAR results by year
| School year | Reading | Mathematics |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-26 | 63.0% | 79.0% |
| 2024-25 | 64.0% | 73.0% |
| 2023-24 | 67.0% | 68.0% |
| 2022-23 | 56.0% | 44.0% |
| 2021-22 | 36.0% | 73.0% |
| 2020-21 | 21.0% | 43.0% |
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 67% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 56% 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%.
Where Round Top-Carmine Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 66.8% | #426 of 4,401 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 79.0% | #170 of 4,466 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 63.0% | #1,205 of 4,466 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +21.0pp | #458 of 3,998 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 121 | #4,800 of 4,938 |
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25Enrollment and staffing by year
| School year | Students | Teachers (FTE) | Students per teacher | Free or reduced lunch |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 121 | 11.1 | 10.9:1 | 41% (50) |
| 2023-24 | 128 | 10.8 | 11.9:1 | 40% (51) |
| 2022-23 | 142 | 12 | 11.8:1 | 36% (51) |
| 2017-18 | 156 | 10.7 | 14.6:1 | 51% (79) |
About Round Top-Carmine Elementary School
Round Top-Carmine Elementary School is a small elementary school with its address in ROUND TOP, Texas. The grade span is pre-K through 6, and enrollment is 121 students. An average school in this group (elementary schools in Texas) has about 519 students.
Round Top-Carmine Elementary School is one of 2 schools in ROUND TOP-CARMINE ISD, which enrolls 235 students in total.
White students make up a majority at Round Top-Carmine Elementary School, at 67%. Smaller groups are 28% Hispanic, 2% Black, and 2% multiracial. For comparison, the population of Fayette County is roughly 76% White. The school's diversity index is 47%, meaning two students picked at random have a 47% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Round Top-Carmine Elementary School operates with 11.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 10.9:1. On average, elementary schools in Texas have 15.1:1, compared with 10.9:1 here. Round Top-Carmine Elementary School reports 41% of students eligible for free or reduced-price meals. That is 12 points below the 53% average for public schools in Fayette County.
On BeatsExpectations, Round Top-Carmine Elementary School is 10.8 points above its prediction, a result in the middle 80% of Texas schools.
Fayette County has about 25,042 residents, and the median household income is $75,854, 28% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Besides Round Top-Carmine Elementary School, Fayette County has 10 other public schools.
Round Top-Carmine High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 5.0 miles away. Within ten miles of Round Top-Carmine Elementary School, there are 3 other public schools. Of 8 schools in the immediate area with test results, Round Top-Carmine Elementary School ranks 2nd on average proficiency.
Round Top-Carmine Elementary School falls in the Rural: Remote locale category, used for schools in rural territory far from an urban area.
Round Top-Carmine Elementary School's enrollment declined from 156 in 2017-18 to 121 in 2024-25. Students per teacher fell from 14.6 in 2017-18 to 10.9 in 2024-25.
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