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Enrollment
452
Elementary
DISTRICT 471 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WAXAHACHIE ISD·NCES 484473006624
Shackelford Elementary School
1001 BUTCHER RD, WAXAHACHIE, TX 75165 · (972) 923-4666 · Ellis County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL452 STUDENTS
C
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Scored higher than 34% of Texas public elementary schools
- C+Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
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
13.5:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.1:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
43%
193 students
DISTRICT 50% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kindergarten | 57 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 61 | 13% |
| Grade 2 | 60 | 13% |
| Grade 3 | 79 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 100 | 22% |
| Grade 5 | 95 | 21% |
This year's kindergarten class (57) is 40% smaller than its 5th grade class (95).
Student demographics
62%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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% . +18.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
52.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -5.0pp 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 52 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 18 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 5 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 28.0% | 33.0% | 21.0% | 18.0% |
| Mathematics | 18.0% | 34.0% | 25.0% | 23.0% |
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% | 52.0% |
| 2024-25 | 51.0% | 44.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 41.0% |
| 2022-23 | 38.0% | 25.0% |
| 2021-22 | 50.0% | 40.0% |
| 2020-21 | 43.0% | 57.0% |
% 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
UNDERPERFORMING
Bottom 10% of TX schools after controlling for student poverty
Actual proficiency
40.9%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
55.5%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-14.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 41% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 55% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
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 Shackelford Elementary School
Shackelford Elementary School's state test result (40.9% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Shackelford Elementary School this school | 452 | 42.7% | 40.9% |
| Lily B Clayton Elementary School FORT WORTH | 476 | 39.3% | 56.1% |
| Smith Elementary School LUBBOCK | 491 | 46.2% | 71.3% |
| Dixie Hansel Elementary School KRUM | 501 | 46.7% | 44.3% |
| Norma Krueger El-Primary MARION | 398 | 44.2% | N/A |
| Village Elementary School GEORGETOWN | 486 | 42.6% | 45.1% |
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 Shackelford Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Ellis County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 40.9% | #2,475 of 4,401 | #25 of 36 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 52.0% | #1,615 of 4,466 ▲ 669 | #12 of 36 ▲ 6 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 61.0% | #1,403 of 4,466 ▲ 1,002 | #9 of 36 ▲ 11 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +25.0pp | #298 of 3,998 | #3 of 32 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 452 | #3,004 of 4,938 | #27 of 42 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.5:1 | #1,162 of 4,622 | #9 of 42 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 61.6% | #1,274 of 4,628 | #20 of 42 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 42.7% | #3,850 of 4,789 | #31 of 42 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -24.9% | #786 of 2,838 | #3 of 15 |
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
452
-21 (-4%) vs 2020
+11% since 1990-91, when it was 408
Student : Teacher
13.5:1
was 13.5:1
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 | 452 | 33.4 | 13.5:1 | 43% (193) |
| 2023-24 | 441 | 31.9 | 13.8:1 | 44% (194) |
| 2022-23 | 476 | 35.5 | 13.4:1 | 42% (200) |
| 2020-21 | 473 | 35 | 13.5:1 | 36% (169) |
| 2017-18 | 602 | 40.4 | 14.9:1 | 27% (165) |
| 2015-16 | 590 | 35 | 16.9:1 | 25% (150) |
| 2010-11 | 526 | 32 | 16.4:1 | 34% (181) |
| 2000-01 | 540 | 34 | 15.9:1 | 25% (134) |
| 1990-91 | 408 | 25 | 16.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Shackelford Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 25% (602 to 452); teachers down 17% (40.4 to 33.4).
About Shackelford Elementary School
Shackelford Elementary School is listed by the National Center for Education Statistics as an elementary school in WAXAHACHIE, Texas. Grades offered run from kindergarten through 5, with 452 students enrolled.
WAXAHACHIE ISD is the district for Shackelford Elementary School. It has 18 schools and 11,196 students.
Shackelford Elementary School has no majority group; Hispanic students are the largest, at 45%. Other reported shares: 41% White, 8% Black, and 5% multiracial. That compares with about 28% Hispanic among all Ellis County residents. Pick two students at random and there is a 62% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
Teacher staffing is 33.4 full-time equivalents, or about 13.5 students per teacher. This ratio sits 1.6 below the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Eligibility for subsidized school meals is 43%.
Shackelford Elementary School is graded C by allk12, scoring above 34% of Texas public elementary schools once test results, poverty-adjusted performance, and the recent trend are combined.
Shackelford Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate on state tests of 40.9%. Schools with its free or reduced-price lunch share in Texas are predicted to post 55.5%, so the school is 14.6 points behind and in the state's bottom 10%.
Ellis County census figures show that the median household income is $99,595, 30% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 5% of people live in poverty. There are 83 public schools in Ellis County, enrolling about 46,344 students in all.
The next-closest public school is Life Middle Waxahachie, about 1.0 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. In a group of 9 nearby schools with scores, Shackelford Elementary School ranks 7th on average proficiency.
The school is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population of 250,000 or more, according to its NCES locale (Suburb: Large).
2024-25 enrollment was 452, a 4% decrease from 473 in 2020-21.
Conversations here can range across school safety, transportation, and start times. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.
Ellis County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
213,160
Census ACS
Median income
$99,595
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
30%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
5%
Below federal line
Schools in county
83
46,344 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WAXAHACHIE ISD
- Waxahachie High SchoolHigh · 3,056 students
- Howard Junior High SchoolMiddle · 918 students
- Finley Junior High SchoolMiddle · 839 students
- Coleman Junior High SchoolMiddle · 775 students
- Wedgeworth Elementary SchoolElementary · 594 students
- Simpson Elementary SchoolElementary · 592 students
Other schools in WAXAHACHIE
- Waxahachie High SchoolHigh · 3,056 students
- Life H S WaxahachieHigh · 1,114 students
- Howard Junior High SchoolMiddle · 918 students
- Finley Junior High SchoolMiddle · 839 students
- Coleman Junior High SchoolMiddle · 775 students
- Wedgeworth Elementary SchoolElementary · 594 students
Other Shackelford Elementary schools
One other US public school is named Shackelford Elementary. Shackelford Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 2.
- Shackelford ElementaryModesto, CA · 495 students
Nearby schools
- Life Middle Waxahachie1.0 mi · 551
- Life H S Waxahachie1.2 mi · 1,114
- Simpson Elementary School2.2 mi · 592
- Life School Red Oak2.8 mi · 1,045
- Finley Junior High School2.9 mi · 839
- Red Oak Middle School3.0 mi · 1,488
Frequently asked questions
About Shackelford Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Shackelford Elementary School?
Shackelford Elementary School enrolls approximately 452 students in grades KG-05.
What grades does Shackelford Elementary School serve?
Shackelford Elementary School serves grades KG-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Shackelford Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Shackelford Elementary School is approximately 13.5:1 (33 FTE teachers).
What is the student diversity at Shackelford Elementary School?
Student demographics at Shackelford Elementary School are roughly 41% White, 45% Hispanic, 8% Black, 0% Asian, 5% Two or more.
Is Shackelford Elementary School public or private?
Shackelford Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by WAXAHACHIE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.