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Enrollment
334
Elementary
DISTRICT 396 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TEXARKANA ISD·NCES 484248006336
Spring Lake Park Elementary School
4324 GHIO FISH BLVD, TEXARKANA, TX 75503 · (903) 794-7525 · Bowie County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY13-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL334 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
31 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
90%
301 students
DISTRICT 77% · 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 | 40 | 12% |
| Kindergarten | 49 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 48 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 46 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 56 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 50 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 45 | 13% |
This year's kindergarten class (49) is 9% larger than its 5th grade class (45).
Student demographics
54%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 69% · 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
Spring Lake Park Elementary School→Texas Middle School
Based on grade levels within TEXARKANA ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2024-25 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
26.0%
TX avg 53.3% . +1.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
15.0%
TX avg 43.3% . -35.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 26 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 15 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 53 and 43. Reading scores are up about 1 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 35 points.
Performance levels, 2024-25
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 7.0% | 19.0% | 34.0% | 40.0% |
| Mathematics | 5.0% | 10.0% | 26.0% | 59.0% |
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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2024-25 | 26.0% | 15.0% |
| 2023-24 | 20.0% | 10.0% |
| 2022-23 | 33.0% | 0.0% |
| 2021-22 | 50.0% | 38.0% |
| 2020-21 | 25.0% | 50.0% |
% 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
16.1%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
35.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-19.1pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 16% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 35% 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 Spring Lake Park Elementary School
Spring Lake Park Elementary School's state test result (16.1% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Spring Lake Park Elementary School this school | 334 | 90.1% | 16.1% |
| Bill J Elliott Elementary School FORT WORTH | 381 | 85.8% | 29.8% |
| Hale Elementary School ARLINGTON | 294 | 91.8% | 32.3% |
| Shadowbriar Elementary School HOUSTON | 334 | 86.2% | 51.1% |
| Emeline Carpenter Elementary School NACOGDOCHES | 359 | 92.2% | 16.6% |
| Liberty-Eylau Early Childhood Center TEXARKANA | 269 | 91.4% | N/A |
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 Spring Lake Park Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bowie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 16.1% | #4,349 of 4,401 | #15 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 15.0% | #4,429 of 4,466 ▲ 20 | #15 of 17 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 26.0% | #4,385 of 4,466 ▲ 32 | #15 of 17 ▲ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest drop first | -23.5pp | #45 of 3,998 | #2 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 334 | #3,991 of 4,938 | #11 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 10.8:1 | #98 of 4,622 | #4 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 53.8% | #2,065 of 4,628 | #11 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.1% | #1,069 of 4,789 | #8 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -10.7% | #1,976 of 2,838 | #7 of 14 |
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
334
-54 (-14%) vs 2020
+42% since 1990-91, when it was 236
Student : Teacher
10.8:1
was 12.9:1
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 | 334 | 31 | 10.8:1 | 90% (301) |
| 2023-24 | 374 | 31.1 | 12.0:1 | 93% (347) |
| 2022-23 | 408 | 32 | 12.8:1 | 92% (376) |
| 2020-21 | 388 | 30 | 12.9:1 | 85% (328) |
| 2017-18 | 374 | 27.2 | 13.8:1 | 86% (322) |
| 2015-16 | 401 | 25 | 16.0:1 | 79% (316) |
| 2010-11 | 407 | 23 | 17.7:1 | 73% (297) |
| 2000-01 | 295 | 16 | 18.4:1 | 66% (194) |
| 1990-91 | 236 | 12 | 19.7:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Spring Lake Park Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 11% (374 to 334); teachers up 14% (27.2 to 31).
About Spring Lake Park Elementary School
Spring Lake Park Elementary School is a low-enrollment elementary school for students in TEXARKANA, Texas. It reported 334 students in pre-K through 5 in 2024-25. Elementary schools in Texas average about 519 students, which makes this school 36% below average.
In TEXARKANA ISD, 13 schools enroll a combined 7,269 students.
The largest group at Spring Lake Park Elementary School is Black students, at 65%. Other students are 17% White, 10% Hispanic, and 7% multiracial. By comparison, Bowie County residents are about 25% Black. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 54%.
Spring Lake Park Elementary School has 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of about 10.8:1. Elementary schools in Texas average 15.1:1, 4.3 more students per teacher than here. A common income measure, free or reduced-price lunch eligibility, is 90% at Spring Lake Park Elementary School. That rate is above the 68% average among public schools in Bowie County.
Spring Lake Park Elementary School scores 19.1 points below its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results: 16.1% actual versus 35.2% predicted. That puts it in the bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
In Bowie County, median household income comes to about $59,803, roughly 24% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Bowie County counts 46 public schools with about 17,523 students.
About 0.7 miles separate Spring Lake Park Elementary School from the closest public school, PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL OF TEXARKANA. The five-mile area around Spring Lake Park Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Nearby schools average 25.7% on proficiency, and Spring Lake Park Elementary School is below that at 16.1%.
NCES describes the area around Spring Lake Park Elementary School as City: Small, meaning inside a principal city with a population under 100,000.
Between 2020-21 and 2024-25, Spring Lake Park Elementary School had a net loss of 54 students, or 14%. By 2024-25, the school had 10.8 students per teacher, compared with 12.9 in 2020-21.
This page is a place to ask questions and share updates about fundraisers, report cards, and school supplies at Spring Lake Park Elementary School. Parents, students, alumni, and staff are welcome to post.
Bowie County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
92,115
Census ACS
Median income
$59,803
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
24%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
46
17,523 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in TEXARKANA ISD
- Texas High SchoolHigh · 1,750 students
- Texas Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,421 students
- Nash Elementary SchoolElementary · 667 students
- Wake Village Elementary SchoolElementary · 539 students
- Digital Academy of TexasHigh · 471 students
- Highland Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 427 students
Other schools in TEXARKANA
- Texas High SchoolHigh · 1,750 students
- Texas Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,421 students
- Pleasant Grove High SchoolHigh · 821 students
- Liberty-Eylau Middle SchoolMiddle · 594 students
- Liberty-Eylau High SchoolHigh · 543 students
- Pleasant Grove Middle SchoolMiddle · 537 students
Nearby schools
- PREMIER HIGH SCHOOL OF TEXARKANA0.7 mi · 67
- Digital Academy of Texas0.8 mi · 471
- Premier H S of Texarkana0.9 mi · 88
- Texas High School1.0 mi · 1,750
- Texas Middle School1.1 mi · 1,421
- VERA KILPATRICK ELEMENTARY SCHOOL1.2 mi · 373
Frequently asked questions
About Spring Lake Park Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Spring Lake Park Elementary School?
Spring Lake Park Elementary School enrolls approximately 334 students in grades PK-05.
Is Spring Lake Park Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Spring Lake Park Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades PK-05.
How many students per teacher at Spring Lake Park Elementary School?
Approximately 10.8:1 students per teacher at Spring Lake Park Elementary School.
How diverse is Spring Lake Park Elementary School?
Spring Lake Park Elementary School reports a student body of 17% White, 10% Hispanic, 65% Black, 1% Asian, 7% Two or more.
Is Spring Lake Park Elementary School public or private?
Spring Lake Park Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by TEXARKANA ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.