Enrollment
333
Elementary
DISTRICT 404 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·LUBBOCK ISD·NCES 482850010929
Rush Elementary School
4702 15TH ST, LUBBOCK, TX 79416 · (806) 219-6700 · Lubbock County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY11-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL333 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
24 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
263 students
DISTRICT 78% · STATE 65%
Community
0
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 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 62 | 19% |
| Grade 1 | 38 | 11% |
| Grade 2 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 51 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 47 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (62) is 32% larger than its 5th grade class (47).
Student demographics
60%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 57% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
50.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -10.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
41.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -59.0pp 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 41 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 10 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 59 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 17.0% | 33.0% | 22.0% | 28.0% |
| Mathematics | 14.0% | 27.0% | 23.0% | 36.0% |
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% | 41.0% |
| 2024-25 | 54.0% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 46.0% | 40.0% |
| 2022-23 | 60.0% | 60.0% |
| 2020-21 | 60.0% | 100.0% |
% 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
45.2%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.2pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 45% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 40% 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 Rush Elementary School
Rush Elementary School's state test result (45.2% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rush Elementary School this school | 333 | 79.0% | 45.2% |
| Williams Elementary School LUBBOCK | 296 | 77.7% | 40.7% |
| T G McCord Elementary School VERNON | 311 | 79.1% | N/A |
| Franz Leadership Academy SAN ANTONIO | 322 | 76.1% | 39.2% |
| Houston Elementary School ENNIS | 363 | 76.3% | 47.5% |
| St Elmo Elementary School AUSTIN | 305 | 80.7% | 28.4% |
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 Rush Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Lubbock County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 45.2% | #1,943 of 4,401 | #24 of 50 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 41.0% | #2,764 of 4,466 ▼ 931 | #32 of 52 ▼ 10 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 50.0% | #2,533 of 4,466 ▼ 493 | #30 of 52 ▼ 7 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -14.5pp | #176 of 3,998 | #6 of 34 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 333 | #3,996 of 4,938 | #42 of 54 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #1,426 of 4,622 | #21 of 52 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 59.8% | #1,426 of 4,628 | #10 of 52 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 79.0% | #2,033 of 4,789 | #25 of 53 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -13.3% | #1,753 of 2,838 | #22 of 33 |
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
333
-2 (-1%) vs 2020
-22% since 2010-11, when it was 426
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 333 | 24 | 13.9:1 | 79% (263) |
| 2023-24 | 314 | 24 | 13.1:1 | 75% (235) |
| 2022-23 | 309 | 24 | 12.9:1 | 72% (224) |
| 2020-21 | 335 | 26 | 12.9:1 | 72% (240) |
| 2017-18 | 384 | 25 | 15.4:1 | 66% (253) |
| 2015-16 | 392 | 26 | 15.1:1 | 63% (248) |
| 2010-11 | 426 | 26 | 16.4:1 | 62% (264) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Rush Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 13% (384 to 333); teachers down 4% (25 to 24).
About Rush Elementary School
Rush Elementary School is the name of a low-enrollment elementary school in LUBBOCK, Texas. Total enrollment is 333 students, and the grades served are pre-K through 5. Elementary schools in Texas have about 519 students on average; enrollment here is 36% lower.
Rush Elementary School is part of a district of 49 schools: LUBBOCK ISD, with 24,237 students.
More than half of the students at Rush Elementary School are Hispanic (58%). Other reported shares: 23% White, 12% Black, 4% Asian, and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 36% Hispanic among all Lubbock County residents. The diversity index for Rush Elementary School is 60%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
Rush Elementary School has 24 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 13.9:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 79% at Rush Elementary School. The 57% average for public schools in Lubbock County is 22 points lower.
The school's average proficiency rate across its state test results is 45.2%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 40.0%.
In Lubbock County, where the school is located, median household income comes to about $64,155, about 33% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 11% of residents are in poverty. There are 110 public schools in the county, enrolling about 52,301, Rush Elementary School among them.
Of the public schools around it, Rush Elementary School is closest to Mackenzie Middle School, about 0.8 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. The average proficiency across nearby scored schools is 40.8%; Rush Elementary School's is 45.2%, ranking 4th of 8.
The NCES locale for Rush Elementary School is City: Large, which covers schools inside a principal city with a population of 250,000 or more.
Enrollment in 2024-25 was 333, close to the 335 recorded in 2020-21. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 12.9:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.9:1.
Rush Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as special education services, counseling, and support programs. You can also rate the school on this page.
Lubbock County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
318,884
Census ACS
Median income
$64,155
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
33%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
110
52,301 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in LUBBOCK ISD
- Monterey High SchoolHigh · 2,117 students
- Lubbock High SchoolHigh · 1,927 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 1,878 students
- Hutchinson Middle SchoolMiddle · 845 students
- Estacado High SchoolHigh · 787 students
- Evans Middle SchoolMiddle · 773 students
Other schools in LUBBOCK
- Monterey High SchoolHigh · 2,117 students
- Lubbock High SchoolHigh · 1,927 students
- Coronado High SchoolHigh · 1,878 students
- Lubbock-Cooper High SchoolHigh · 1,856 students
- Lubbock-Cooper Middle SchoolMiddle · 901 students
- Lubbock-Cooper East Elementary SchoolElementary · 857 students
Nearby schools
- Mackenzie Middle School0.8 mi · 413
- Hardwick Elementary School1.0 mi · 534
- Commander William C McCool Academy1.2 mi · 416
- Coronado High School1.3 mi · 1,878
- Overton Elementary School1.5 mi · 260
- Premier H S of Lubbock2.0 mi · 175
Frequently asked questions
About Rush Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Rush Elementary School?
Rush Elementary School enrolls approximately 333 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Rush Elementary School serve?
Rush Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many teachers does Rush Elementary School have?
Rush Elementary School employs 24 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.9:1.
What is the student diversity at Rush Elementary School?
Student demographics at Rush Elementary School are roughly 23% White, 58% Hispanic, 12% Black, 4% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Rush Elementary School in?
Rush Elementary School is part of LUBBOCK ISD.
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