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How has SPARTA EL changed in the last five years, for better or worse?
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Enrollment
549
Elementary
DISTRICT 498 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·BELTON ISD·NCES 480986006511
Sparta Elementary School
1800 SPARTA RD, BELTON, TX 76513 · (254) 215-3600 · Bell County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY22-SUBURBREGULAR SCHOOL549 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
41 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
30%
162 students
DISTRICT 47% · 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 | 74 | 13% |
| Grade 1 | 91 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 15% |
| Grade 3 | 86 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 95 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 120 | 22% |
This year's kindergarten class (74) is 38% smaller than its 5th grade class (120).
Student demographics
51%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 65% · 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
57.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +43.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
53.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +24.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 57 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 53 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 43 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 24 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 30.0% | 27.0% | 20.0% | 23.0% |
| Mathematics | 27.0% | 26.0% | 24.0% | 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 | 57.0% | 53.0% |
| 2024-25 | 58.0% | 48.0% |
| 2023-24 | 61.0% | 54.0% |
| 2022-23 | 40.0% | 0.0% |
| 2021-22 | 67.0% | 50.0% |
| 2020-21 | 14.0% | 29.0% |
% 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
51.0%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
61.1%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-10.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 51% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 61% 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 Sparta Elementary School
Sparta Elementary School's state test result (51.0% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sparta Elementary School this school | 549 | 29.5% | 51.0% |
| Martin Elementary School WEATHERFORD | 547 | 30.0% | 59.8% |
| Legacy Elementary School GODLEY | 502 | 30.9% | 46.4% |
| Tom R Ellisor Elementary School MAGNOLIA | 569 | 32.7% | 56.3% |
| Frances and Jeannette Lee Elementary School CADDO MILLS | 632 | 30.5% | 64.3% |
| Woodway Elementary School WACO | 547 | 31.4% | 69.3% |
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 Sparta Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bell County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 51.0% | #1,345 of 4,401 | #10 of 54 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 53.0% | #1,459 of 4,466 ▲ 317 | #11 of 55 ▲ 4 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 57.0% | #1,699 of 4,466 ▼ 128 | #16 of 55 no change |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +35.0pp | #76 of 3,998 | #2 of 50 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 549 | #2,045 of 4,938 | #33 of 62 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.3:1 | #977 of 4,622 | #8 of 57 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 51.1% | #2,298 of 4,628 | #51 of 57 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 29.5% | #4,231 of 4,789 | #56 of 59 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.5% | #2,159 of 2,838 | #25 of 33 |
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
549
-89 (-14%) vs 2020
+67% since 1990-91, when it was 329
Student : Teacher
13.3:1
was 16.4:1
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 | 549 | 41.4 | 13.3:1 | 30% (162) |
| 2023-24 | 574 | 38.2 | 15.0:1 | 28% (160) |
| 2022-23 | 598 | 42.5 | 14.1:1 | 30% (177) |
| 2020-21 | 638 | 39 | 16.4:1 | 27% (170) |
| 2017-18 | 600 | 37 | 16.2:1 | 32% (190) |
| 2015-16 | 611 | 39 | 15.7:1 | 37% (224) |
| 2010-11 | 704 | 41 | 17.2:1 | 45% (318) |
| 2000-01 | 363 | 24 | 15.1:1 | 40% (146) |
| 1990-91 | 329 | 18 | 18.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Sparta Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (600 to 549); teachers up 12% (37 to 41.4).
About Sparta Elementary School
Sparta Elementary School sits in BELTON, Texas, and is classified as an elementary school. Its 549 students are spread across kindergarten through 5.
Besides Sparta Elementary School, BELTON ISD runs 20 other schools. The district enrolls 13,980 students.
White students are the majority at Sparta Elementary School, with 66% of enrollment. The school is also 22% Hispanic, 6% multiracial, and 4% Black. The White share of the county population is lower, at 49%. The school's diversity index is 51%, meaning two students picked at random have a 51% chance of belonging to different racial or ethnic groups.
Sparta Elementary School employs 41.4 full-time-equivalent teachers. That gives a ratio of about 13.3:1. The school has fewer students per teacher than the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Sparta Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 30%. That is lower than the 57% average for public schools in Bell County.
Given its share of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, Sparta Elementary School would be expected to post about 61.1%. Its actual average proficiency rate on state tests is 51.0%.
Among Bell County residents, the median household income is $68,865, roughly 27% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 11%. Sparta Elementary School is one of 130 public schools in the county.
Belton Middle School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.2 miles away. The five-mile area around Sparta Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 48.6% on proficiency, and Sparta Elementary School is above that at 51.0%.
The school's locale code, Suburb: Mid-size, means it is in a suburban area outside a principal city, within an urbanized area with a population between 100,000 and 250,000.
Enrollment has fallen by 89 students since 2020-21, to 549. The school's ratio fell from 16.4:1 to 13.3:1 between 2020-21 and 2024-25.
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Bell County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
386,897
Census ACS
Median income
$68,865
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
27%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
130
71,041 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in BELTON ISD
- Lake Belton High SchoolHigh · 2,300 students
- Belton High SchoolHigh · 1,763 students
- North Belton Middle SchoolMiddle · 979 students
- Lake Belton Middle SchoolMiddle · 803 students
- Chisholm Trail Elementary SchoolElementary · 766 students
- South Belton Middle SchoolMiddle · 667 students
Other schools in BELTON
- Belton High SchoolHigh · 1,763 students
- Chisholm Trail Elementary SchoolElementary · 766 students
- South Belton Middle SchoolMiddle · 667 students
- Belton Middle SchoolMiddle · 661 students
- Lakewood Elementary SchoolElementary · 572 students
- Hubbard Branch Elementary SchoolElementary · 514 students
Other Sparta Elementary schools
2 other US public schools in 3 states are named Sparta Elementary. Sparta Elementary School is the largest of the 3.
- Sparta ElementarySparta, NC · 523 students
- SPARTA ELEM.SPARTA, MO · 263 students
Nearby schools
- Belton Middle School0.2 mi · 661
- Belton High School0.3 mi · 1,763
- Leon Heights Elementary School1.5 mi · 184
- Belton Early Childhood School2.2 mi · 494
- District Alternative Education Program2.2 mi · 46
- Belton New Tech H S at Waskow2.2 mi · 284
Frequently asked questions
About Sparta Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Sparta Elementary School?
Sparta Elementary School enrolls approximately 549 students in grades KG-05.
Is Sparta Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Sparta Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Sparta Elementary School have?
Sparta Elementary School employs 41 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 13.3:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Sparta Elementary School?
At Sparta Elementary School, the student body is approximately 66% White, 22% Hispanic, 4% Black, 1% Asian, 6% Two or more.
Is Sparta Elementary School public or private?
Sparta Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by BELTON ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.