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SNYDER PRI
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Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 38 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 37 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are down about 12 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 8 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 38% 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%.
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SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About SNYDER PRI
SNYDER PRI is an elementary school of moderately sized scale in SNYDER, Texas, part of SNYDER ISD, works with 755 students in grades pre-K through 3. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 45% bigger than typical.
Within SNYDER ISD, which oversees 4 schools and 2,317 students, SNYDER PRI is one campus in the system.
Looking at the student body, SNYDER PRI reports that the most-represented group is Hispanic (50%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school reports 44% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Black.
Looking at school resources, On paper, SNYDER PRI has 49 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.5:1. That tracks the state average closely. About 77% of enrolled students meet the income threshold for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Scurry County (around 63%), the school's rate is meaningfully above typical.
On a residual basis (actual vs predicted given the student mix), SNYDER PRI sits in the middle band of the BeatsExpectations distribution. Schools with this campus's student mix typically land near 40.3%; this one delivers 37.5%.
In the area at large, community-level numbers for Scurry County indicate the typical household earns roughly $60,039 per year, roughly 13% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and roughly 10% of residents live below the federal poverty line. SNYDER PRI is one of 6 public schools in Scurry County (combined enrollment of about 2,859 students).
The closest other public school is SNYDER INT, roughly 0.2 miles away. 3 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SNYDER PRI at 5th of 8; the average score across the group is 43.2%.
Geographically, the school is in a town-center area.
Looking at the recent track record. Over the past 7-year window, the student count ticked down 22%: 966 students in 2018 compared to 755 in 2025. Hispanic enrollment moved from 67% to 50% across the same window.
On this page, the feed for SNYDER PRI typically covers fundraisers, lost-and-found posts, and report-card season. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
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