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SCHOOL COMMUNITY·SPRINGLAKE-EARTH ISD·NCES 484125004723

Springlake-Earth Elementary/Middle School

472 FM 302, EARTH, TX 79031 · (806)257-3310 · Lamb County
GRADES PK–07ELEMENTARY43-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL143 STUDENTS
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This school has no state test results for 2023-24 or 2024-25 to grade, which is common for schools that end before third grade. How grades work

Enrollment
143
Elementary
DISTRICT 125 · STATE 519
Student : Teacher
11.6:1
12 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 7.4:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
79%
113 students
DISTRICT 77% · 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, 2023-24

GradeStudentsShare
Pre-K1410%
Kindergarten75%
Grade 11913%
Grade 21510%
Grade 31913%
Grade 41410%
Grade 52014%
Grade 62215%
Grade 7139%
Student demographics
46%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 41% · STATE 63% · US 70%
White
—32%
DISTRICT 26% · STATE 24% · US 43%
Hispanic
—66%
DISTRICT 72% · STATE 54% · US 30%
Black
—1%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 13% · US 15%
Two+
—1%
DISTRICT 1% · STATE 3% · US 5%
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.

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Test scores

STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or Above
Reading
65.0%
TX avg 51.8% . +35.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
54.0%
TX avg 42.0% . +17.0pp since 2020

What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 65 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 54 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42. Reading scores are up about 35 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 17 points.

Performance levels, 2023-24

SubjectMasters Grade LevelMeets Grade LevelApproaches Grade LevelDid Not Meet Grade Level
Reading24.0%41.0%26.0%9.0%
Mathematics15.0%39.0%30.0%16.0%
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 yearReadingMathematics
2023-2465.0%54.0%
2022-2329.0%29.0%
2021-2234.0%25.0%
2020-2130.0%37.0%
% 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 · methodology
Tier
AS EXPECTED
Performing as predicted given the school's student profile
Actual proficiency
53.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
39.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+13.6pp
above demographic expectation

What this means: About 54% 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%.

BeatsExpectations runs a per-state regression of proficiency on free/reduced-lunch share, then scores each school by residual. How this is calculated →

Where Springlake-Earth Elementary/Middle School ranks

Among elementary schools
MeasureThis schoolIn Texas
State test proficiency
ranked highest first
53.6%#1,160 of 4,401
Math proficiency
ranked highest first
54.0%#1,437 of 4,466
▲ 2,410
Reading proficiency
ranked highest first
65.0%#1,068 of 4,466
▲ 3,148
3-year test score change
ranked biggest gain first
+26.0pp#274 of 3,998
Enrollment
ranked largest first
143#4,767 of 4,938
Free and reduced lunch
ranked highest share first
79.0%#2,030 of 4,789
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.

6-year change

SY 2017-18 vs SY 2023-24
Enrollment
143
-113 (-44%) vs 2017
-52% since 1990-91, when it was 300
Student : Teacher
11.9:1
was 13.6:1
% White
32%
was 26%
% Hispanic
66%
was 74%
% Black
1%
was 0%
% Asian
0%
was 0%
Source: NCES Common Core of Data

Enrollment and staffing by year

School yearStudentsTeachers (FTE)Students per teacherFree and reduced lunch
2023-241431211.9:179% (113)
2022-2317915.511.6:181% (145)
2020-211871810.4:175% (141)
2017-1825618.813.6:170% (178)
2015-162651913.9:168% (179)
2010-112762113.1:171% (195)
2000-012191415.6:153% (116)
1990-913001816.7:1N/A
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Springlake-Earth Elementary/Middle School.

Since 2017-18: students down 44% (256 to 143); teachers down 36% (18.8 to 12).

About Springlake-Earth Elementary/Middle School

Springlake-Earth Elementary/Middle School is one of the public schools in EARTH, Texas. It is a very small elementary school. It is open to students in pre-K through 7 and enrolls 143 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Texas enroll about 519 students on average.

The district, SPRINGLAKE-EARTH ISD, operates 3 schools serving 374 students.

Federal enrollment data show Springlake-Earth Elementary/Middle School is 66% Hispanic. Next come 32% White. The county population is about 58% Hispanic. On a 0 to 100 scale, the school's diversity index is 46, compared with 70 nationally.

Springlake-Earth Elementary/Middle School has 12 full-time-equivalent teachers on staff and a student-to-teacher ratio of 11.6:1. Across elementary schools in Texas, the average ratio is 15.1:1. The school has 79% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch. Among public schools in Lamb County, the average eligibility rate is 69%.

Schools in Texas with a similar free or reduced-price lunch share are predicted to score about 39.9%. Springlake-Earth Elementary/Middle School scores 53.6%.

In Lamb County, home to about 12,828 people, the median household earns about $60,760 a year, roughly 14% of adults have a four-year degree or more, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 9%. Springlake-Earth Elementary/Middle School shares Lamb County with 12 other public schools.

Measured in a straight line, Springlake-Earth ISD is less than a tenth of a mile from Springlake-Earth Elementary/Middle School. Other public schools within five miles: 2. Springlake-Earth Elementary/Middle School comes in 2nd of 8 nearby schools on average proficiency.

Under the NCES locale system, Springlake-Earth Elementary/Middle School is Rural: Remote.

In 2017-18, federal data counted 256 students at Springlake-Earth Elementary/Middle School; in 2023-24, 143. The grades served may not have been the same in both years. Among racial and ethnic groups, the biggest change was Hispanic students, from 74% to 66%. The student-to-teacher ratio went down from 13.6:1 to 11.9:1.

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Lamb County at a glance

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Population
12,828
Census ACS
Median income
$60,760
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
14%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
9%
Below federal line
Schools in county
13
2,773 students

Quick facts

School name
Springlake-Earth Elementary/Middle School
District
SPRINGLAKE-EARTH ISD
Address
472 FM 302, EARTH, TX 79031
Phone
(806)257-3310
County
Lamb County
Level
Elementary
Grade range
PK–07
Total enrollment
143
Teachers (FTE)
12
Student–teacher ratio
11.6:1
Free and reduced lunch
113 (79%)
Locale
43-Rural: Remote
NCES ID
484125004723
Charter school
No

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Frequently asked questions

About Springlake-Earth Elementary/Middle School
How large is Springlake-Earth Elementary/Middle School?
Springlake-Earth Elementary/Middle School enrolls approximately 143 students in grades PK-07.
What age range does Springlake-Earth Elementary/Middle School serve?
Springlake-Earth Elementary/Middle School serves students from grade PK through grade 07.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Springlake-Earth Elementary/Middle School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Springlake-Earth Elementary/Middle School is approximately 11.6:1 (12 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Springlake-Earth Elementary/Middle School?
At Springlake-Earth Elementary/Middle School, the student body is approximately 32% White, 66% Hispanic, 1% Black, 1% Two or more.
What district is Springlake-Earth Elementary/Middle School in?
Springlake-Earth Elementary/Middle School is part of SPRINGLAKE-EARTH ISD.
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