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Enrollment
579
Elementary
DISTRICT 623 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MIDLAND ISD·NCES 483057006145
Scharbauer Elementary School
2115 HEREFORD BLVD, MIDLAND, TX 79707 · (432) 240-8000 · Midland County
GRADES PK–06ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL579 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
20.5:1
28 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 20.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
65%
375 students
DISTRICT 63% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Pre-K | 46 | 8% |
| Kindergarten | 78 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 72 | 12% |
| Grade 2 | 72 | 12% |
| Grade 3 | 82 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 68 | 12% |
| Grade 5 | 80 | 14% |
| Grade 6 | 81 | 14% |
This year's kindergarten class (78) is about the same size as its 6th grade class (81).
Student demographics
50%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 49% · 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
61.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +40.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
57.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +36.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 61 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 57 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 40 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 | 30.0% | 31.0% | 20.0% | 19.0% |
| Mathematics | 28.0% | 29.0% | 22.0% | 21.0% |
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 | 61.0% | 57.0% |
| 2024-25 | 47.0% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 31.0% |
| 2022-23 | 28.0% | 11.0% |
| 2021-22 | 28.0% | 21.0% |
| 2020-21 | 21.0% | 21.0% |
% 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
34.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
46.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-11.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 35% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 46% 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 Scharbauer Elementary School
Scharbauer Elementary School's state test result (34.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scharbauer Elementary School this school | 579 | 64.8% | 34.9% |
| Koennecke Elementary School SEGUIN | 560 | 65.0% | 40.5% |
| Hernandez Elementary School SAN MARCOS | 577 | 66.9% | 46.6% |
| Clear Fork Elementary School LOCKHART | 523 | 63.7% | 42.5% |
| Dunaway Elementary School WAXAHACHIE | 525 | 65.9% | 47.1% |
| Lacoste Elementary School LACOSTE | 610 | 63.6% | 46.8% |
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 Scharbauer Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Midland County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 34.9% | #3,166 of 4,401 | #17 of 27 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,167 of 4,466 ▲ 1,805 | #5 of 27 ▲ 13 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #1,380 of 4,466 ▲ 1,462 | #4 of 27 ▲ 12 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +39.5pp | #34 of 3,998 | #1 of 24 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 579 | #1,774 of 4,938 | #17 of 31 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 20.5:1 | #4,475 of 4,622 | #20 of 28 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 49.5% | #2,465 of 4,628 | #16 of 31 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 64.8% | #2,851 of 4,789 | #16 of 31 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.4% | #831 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
579
-97 (-14%) vs 2020
+6% since 1990-91, when it was 546
Student : Teacher
20.5:1
was 16.9:1
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 | 579 | 28.3 | 20.5:1 | 65% (375) |
| 2023-24 | 518 | 28.5 | 18.2:1 | 66% (340) |
| 2022-23 | 696 | 36 | 19.3:1 | 69% (483) |
| 2020-21 | 676 | 40 | 16.9:1 | 56% (381) |
| 2017-18 | 766 | 42.8 | 17.9:1 | 48% (367) |
| 2015-16 | 515 | 31 | 16.6:1 | 43% (219) |
| 2010-11 | 619 | 38 | 16.3:1 | 34% (208) |
| 2000-01 | 451 | 28 | 16.1:1 | 26% (119) |
| 1990-91 | 546 | 30 | 18.2:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Scharbauer Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 24% (766 to 579); teachers down 34% (42.8 to 28.3).
About Scharbauer Elementary School
Located in MIDLAND, Texas, Scharbauer Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school. The school enrolls 579 students, from pre-K through 6.
MIDLAND ISD has a total of 40 schools and 29,651 students, Scharbauer Elementary School among them.
At 66%, Hispanic students outnumber all other groups at Scharbauer Elementary School combined. Other students are 27% White, 4% multiracial, and 3% Black. By comparison, Midland County residents are about 46% Hispanic. Scharbauer Elementary School has a diversity index of 50%, compared with 70% for all US public school students.
Scharbauer Elementary School operates with 28.3 full-time-equivalent teachers, a ratio of about 20.5:1. For comparison, elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1. About 65% of students at the school meet free or reduced-price lunch income limits. That rate is above the 57% average among public schools in Midland County.
Scharbauer Elementary School sits between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations, with an actual average proficiency rate on state tests of 34.9% and a predicted 46.0%.
Within Midland County, median household income is about $92,874, 31% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 9% of people live in poverty. The public schools of Midland County number 52 and enroll about 35,119.
The shortest distance from Scharbauer Elementary School to another public school is about 0.6 miles, to Abell Junior High School. A five-mile radius around the school includes at least 8 other public schools. Among the 8 closest schools with test data, this one included, Scharbauer Elementary School ranks 5th on average proficiency.
NCES lists the school's locale as City: Mid-size. That means it sits inside a principal city with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Scharbauer Elementary School had 676 students in 2020-21 and 579 in 2024-25, a 14% decrease. The student-to-teacher ratio went up from 16.9:1 to 20.5:1.
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Midland County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
174,801
Census ACS
Median income
$92,874
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
31%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
52
35,119 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MIDLAND ISD
- Legacy High SchoolHigh · 2,735 students
- Midland High SchoolHigh · 2,718 students
- IDEA Travis AcademyCombined · 1,298 students
- Goddard Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,210 students
- Abell Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,129 students
- General Tommy Franks Elementary SchoolElementary · 950 students
Other schools in MIDLAND
- Legacy High SchoolHigh · 2,735 students
- Midland High SchoolHigh · 2,718 students
- IDEA Travis AcademyCombined · 1,298 students
- Goddard Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,210 students
- Abell Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,129 students
- General Tommy Franks Elementary SchoolElementary · 950 students
Nearby schools
- Abell Junior High School0.6 mi · 1,129
- Bush Elementary School0.8 mi · 527
- Barbara Yarbrough Elementary School1.2 mi · 691
- Richard Milburn Academy Midland1.6 mi · 149
- Jones Elementary School1.7 mi · 483
- Rusk Elementary School1.8 mi · 516
Frequently asked questions
About Scharbauer Elementary SchoolHow large is Scharbauer Elementary School?
Scharbauer Elementary School enrolls approximately 579 students in grades PK-06.
Is Scharbauer Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Scharbauer Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-06.
How many students per teacher at Scharbauer Elementary School?
Approximately 20.5:1 students per teacher at Scharbauer Elementary School.
How diverse is Scharbauer Elementary School?
Scharbauer Elementary School reports a student body of 27% White, 66% Hispanic, 3% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Scharbauer Elementary School in?
Scharbauer Elementary School is part of MIDLAND ISD.
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