Enrollment
344
Elementary
DISTRICT 248 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SANFORD-FRITCH ISD·NCES 483915004464
Sanford-Fritch Elementary School
201 N HOYNE AVE, FRITCH, TX 79036 · (806) 397-0159 · Hutchinson County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL344 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 46% of Texas public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- C+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- ·Three-year trend Not available for this school, so the grade uses the other parts.
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
12.3:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 10.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
60%
206 students
DISTRICT 53% · 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 | 43 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 2 | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 3 | 46 | 13% |
| Grade 4 | 54 | 16% |
| Grade 5 | 51 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (46) is 10% smaller than its 5th grade class (51).
Student demographics
34%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 32% · 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 SANFORD-FRITCH ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
54.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +3.0pp since 2023
Mathematics
46.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +14.0pp since 2023
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 46 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 3 points since 2023, while math scores are up about 14 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 27.0% | 27.0% | 27.0% | 19.0% |
| Mathematics | 17.0% | 29.0% | 28.0% | 26.0% |
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 | 54.0% | 46.0% |
| 2024-25 | 60.0% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 51.0% | 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
44.4%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
48.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-3.7pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 44% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 48% 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 Sanford-Fritch Elementary School
Sanford-Fritch Elementary School's state test result (44.4% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sanford-Fritch Elementary School this school | 344 | 59.9% | 44.4% |
| Groveton Elementary School GROVETON | 343 | 61.5% | 39.4% |
| Harleton Elementary School HARLETON | 323 | 58.2% | 55.0% |
| Elkhart Elementary School ELKHART | 353 | 62.0% | N/A |
| Hemphill Elementary School HEMPHILL | 340 | 59.4% | 49.2% |
| Warren Elementary School WARREN | 389 | 60.9% | 31.2% |
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 Sanford-Fritch Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Hutchinson County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 44.4% | #2,029 of 4,401 | N/A |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 46.0% | #2,213 of 4,466 ▲ 412 | N/A |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #2,085 of 4,466 ▼ 635 | N/A |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 344 | #3,916 of 4,938 | #2 of 6 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.3:1 | #452 of 4,622 | N/A |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 33.9% | #3,294 of 4,628 | N/A |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 59.9% | #3,119 of 4,789 | N/A |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -3.9% | #2,546 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
344
+29 (+9%) vs 2020
-20% since 1990-91, when it was 431
Student : Teacher
12.3:1
was 12.1:1
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 | 344 | 28 | 12.3:1 | 60% (206) |
| 2023-24 | 326 | 28 | 11.7:1 | 60% (197) |
| 2022-23 | 309 | 27 | 11.4:1 | 54% (168) |
| 2020-21 | 315 | 26 | 12.1:1 | 47% (148) |
| 2017-18 | 358 | 25.3 | 14.2:1 | 44% (158) |
| 2015-16 | 404 | 27 | 15.0:1 | 41% (167) |
| 2010-11 | 418 | 30 | 13.9:1 | 49% (205) |
| 2000-01 | 418 | 30 | 13.9:1 | 41% (171) |
| 1990-91 | 431 | 28 | 15.4:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sanford-Fritch Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 4% (358 to 344); teachers up 11% (25.3 to 28).
About Sanford-Fritch Elementary School
Sanford-Fritch Elementary School is a small elementary school in FRITCH, Texas, (ZIP code 79036). Federal data show 344 students enrolled in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. That compares with an average of about 519 students for elementary schools in Texas.
The SANFORD-FRITCH ISD system has 3 schools and 745 students.
A large majority of enrollment at Sanford-Fritch Elementary School is White, at 80%. It is also 11% Hispanic and 7% multiracial. Hutchinson County's residents are about 70% White, 10 points below the school's share. On the diversity index, which measures the chance that two random students are from different groups, Sanford-Fritch Elementary School scores 34%.
Sanford-Fritch Elementary School has 28 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.3:1. The gap from the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is 2.8 students per teacher. At Sanford-Fritch Elementary School, 60% of students qualify for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25.
Sanford-Fritch Elementary School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 46% of Texas public elementary schools.
BeatsExpectations compares each school's average proficiency rate across its state test results with a prediction based on free or reduced-price lunch eligibility. For Sanford-Fritch Elementary School, the prediction is 48.1% and the result is 44.4%.
The school is in Hutchinson County, where the median household earns about $67,228 a year, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 17% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Sanford-Fritch Elementary School shares Hutchinson County with 12 other public schools.
Measured in a straight line, Sanford-Fritch Junior High School is about 1.5 miles from Sanford-Fritch Elementary School. The five-mile area around Sanford-Fritch Elementary School holds 2 other public schools. Nearby schools with test data average 45.9% proficiency; Sanford-Fritch Elementary School posts 44.4%.
Its location is classified as Rural: Distant by the National Center for Education Statistics.
Over the 4 years from 2020-21 to 2024-25, enrollment increased 9%.
Sanford-Fritch Elementary School has a community page on allk12 for topics such as athletics, class schedules, and weather closures. Teachers and staff are welcome to share updates too.
Hutchinson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
20,184
Census ACS
Median income
$67,228
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
3,718 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SANFORD-FRITCH ISD
- Sanford-Fritch High SchoolHigh · 236 students
- Sanford-Fritch Junior High SchoolMiddle · 165 students
Other schools in FRITCH
- Sanford-Fritch High SchoolHigh · 236 students
- Sanford-Fritch Junior High SchoolMiddle · 165 students
Nearby schools
- Sanford-Fritch Junior High School1.5 mi · 165
- Sanford-Fritch High School1.6 mi · 236
- Borger High School11.9 mi · 691
- Borger Intermediate School12.1 mi · 335
- Borger Middle School12.1 mi · 337
- Paul Belton Elementary School12.2 mi · 294
Frequently asked questions
About Sanford-Fritch Elementary SchoolHow large is Sanford-Fritch Elementary School?
Sanford-Fritch Elementary School enrolls approximately 344 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Sanford-Fritch Elementary School serve?
Sanford-Fritch Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Sanford-Fritch Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Sanford-Fritch Elementary School is approximately 12.3:1 (28 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Sanford-Fritch Elementary School?
Student demographics at Sanford-Fritch Elementary School are roughly 80% White, 11% Hispanic, 1% Black, 7% Two or more.
What district is Sanford-Fritch Elementary School in?
Sanford-Fritch Elementary School is part of SANFORD-FRITCH ISD.
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