Enrollment
200
Elementary
DISTRICT 189 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SOMERVILLE ISD·NCES 484077004625
Somerville Elementary School
700 8TH ST, SOMERVILLE, TX 77879 · (979) 596-1502 · Burleson County
GRADES PK–04ELEMENTARY42-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL200 STUDENTS
C-
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Scored higher than 17% 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.
- 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.
- B-Three-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
13.6:1
15 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 14.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
82%
164 students
DISTRICT 79% · 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 | 29 | 14% |
| Kindergarten | 31 | 16% |
| Grade 1 | 33 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 34 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 36 | 18% |
| Grade 4 | 37 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (31) is 16% smaller than its 4th grade class (37).
Student demographics
66%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 67% · 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 SOMERVILLE ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
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STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
34.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +34.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
23.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +10.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 34 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 23 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 34 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 10 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 11.0% | 23.0% | 28.0% | 38.0% |
| Mathematics | 9.0% | 14.0% | 24.0% | 53.0% |
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 | 34.0% | 23.0% |
| 2024-25 | 32.0% | 36.0% |
| 2023-24 | 26.0% | 25.0% |
| 2022-23 | 25.0% | 17.0% |
| 2021-22 | 27.0% | 27.0% |
| 2020-21 | 0.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
29.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
38.7%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-9.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 30% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 39% 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 Somerville Elementary School
Somerville Elementary School's state test result (29.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 3 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Somerville Elementary School this school | 200 | 82.0% | 29.6% |
| Yoakum Annex YOAKUM | 185 | 81.1% | N/A |
| Coolidge Elementary School COOLIDGE | 147 | 82.3% | 53.3% |
| Colbert Elementary School DAYTON | 231 | 74.5% | N/A |
| Pleasant Valley Elementary School AMARILLO | 195 | 85.1% | 55.4% |
| Schulenburg Elementary School SCHULENBURG | 273 | 77.7% | 32.1% |
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 Somerville Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 29.6% | #3,706 of 4,401 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 23.0% | #4,299 of 4,466 ▼ 1,085 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 34.0% | #4,125 of 4,466 ▼ 26 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +7.5pp | #1,829 of 3,998 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 200 | #4,628 of 4,938 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.6:1 | #1,198 of 4,622 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.9% | #896 of 4,628 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 82.0% | #1,794 of 4,789 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -34.6% | #315 of 2,838 |
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
200
-19 (-9%) vs 2020
-37% since 1990-91, when it was 317
Student : Teacher
13.6:1
was 12.2:1
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 | 200 | 14.7 | 13.6:1 | 82% (164) |
| 2023-24 | 209 | 16.4 | 12.8:1 | 86% (179) |
| 2022-23 | 225 | 18.3 | 12.3:1 | 77% (173) |
| 2020-21 | 219 | 18 | 12.2:1 | 75% (165) |
| 2017-18 | 306 | 25 | 12.2:1 | 84% (257) |
| 2015-16 | 276 | 22 | 12.6:1 | 76% (211) |
| 2010-11 | 231 | 19 | 12.2:1 | 76% (175) |
| 2000-01 | 346 | 26 | 13.3:1 | 72% (248) |
| 1990-91 | 317 | 41 | 7.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Somerville Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 35% (306 to 200); teachers down 41% (25 to 14.7).
About Somerville Elementary School
Somerville Elementary School is a very small elementary school serving families in SOMERVILLE, Texas. The school counted 200 students in 2024-25, covering pre-K through 4. The school is 61% below the average for elementary schools in Texas.
SOMERVILLE ISD (3 schools, 567 students) runs Somerville Elementary School.
Hispanic students make up 47% of enrollment at Somerville Elementary School, the largest share of any group. Other reported shares: 33% White, 11% Black, and 8% multiracial. That compares with about 23% Hispanic among all Burleson County residents. Its diversity index, the chance that two randomly chosen students belong to different racial or ethnic groups, is 66%.
Based on 14.7 full-time-equivalent teachers, Somerville Elementary School has a ratio of 13.6:1. The average for elementary schools in Texas, 15.1:1, is higher. Income data for the school show 82% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. By comparison, the figure for public schools in Burleson County is 65%.
Somerville Elementary School earns a C- on the allk12 Grade, which blends test scores, results against poverty-based expectations, and the three-year trend. It scored higher than 17% of Texas public elementary schools.
Test results at Somerville Elementary School are 9.1 points below what its free or reduced-price lunch share predicts (29.6% actual, 38.7% predicted).
American Community Survey estimates for Burleson County show that the median household earns about $70,000 a year, about 24% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and roughly 9% of residents are in poverty. Burleson County has 10 public schools with about 3,128 students, including Somerville Elementary School.
Somerville Elementary School's closest public school neighbor is Somerville Intermediate School, less than a tenth of a mile away. A five-mile radius around the school includes 2 other public schools. Local comparison: Somerville Elementary School ranks 7th of 9 nearby schools, at 29.6% versus a 44.1% average.
The school's federal locale classification is Rural: Distant.
The school shrank from 219 students in 2020-21 to 200 in 2024-25. In 2020-21, the student-to-teacher ratio was 12.2:1; by 2024-25 it was 13.6:1.
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Burleson County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
18,857
Census ACS
Median income
$70,000
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
10
3,128 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in SOMERVILLE ISD
- Somerville High SchoolHigh · 207 students
- Somerville Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 160 students
Other schools in SOMERVILLE
- Snook SecondaryHigh · 318 students
- Snook Elementary SchoolElementary · 291 students
- Somerville High SchoolHigh · 207 students
- Somerville Intermediate SchoolMiddle · 160 students
Other Somerville Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Somerville Elementary. Somerville Elementary School is the 2nd largest of the 3.
- Somerville Elementary SchoolRIDGEWOOD, NJ · 394 students
- Somerville Elementary SchoolSomerville, ME · 32 students
Nearby schools
- Somerville Intermediate School0.0 mi · 160
- Somerville High School0.1 mi · 207
- Snook Elementary School11.2 mi · 291
- Snook Secondary11.2 mi · 318
- Burton High School11.5 mi · 237
- Burton Elementary School11.5 mi · 386
Frequently asked questions
About Somerville Elementary SchoolHow large is Somerville Elementary School?
Somerville Elementary School enrolls approximately 200 students in grades PK-04.
What age range does Somerville Elementary School serve?
Somerville Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 04.
How many teachers does Somerville Elementary School have?
Somerville Elementary School employs 15 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.6:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Somerville Elementary School?
At Somerville Elementary School, the student body is approximately 33% White, 47% Hispanic, 11% Black, 2% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Somerville Elementary School public or private?
Somerville Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by SOMERVILLE ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.