SUDAN EL
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Test scores
STAAR 2023-24 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 58 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 6 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 10 points.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 50% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 53% 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About SUDAN EL
SUDAN EL, a compact elementary campus in SUDAN, Texas, part of SUDAN ISD, enrolls 272 students, covering grades pre-K through 7. By comparison, Texas's public schools average about 519 students each, so SUDAN EL sits 48% leaner than that benchmark.
SUDAN ISD runs 2 schools in total, collectively educating 452 students. SUDAN EL is one of those campuses.
Demographically, SUDAN EL reports that the largest single group is Hispanic at 50%, but no single group is in the majority. The remainder reads as 47% White. By comparison, Lamb County as a whole is about 58% Hispanic, so the school skews noticeably less Hispanic than its surroundings.
On the income-and-resources front, The school lists 23 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 11.7:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting SUDAN EL tighter than the state norm the norm. About 49% 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 Lamb County (around 69%), the school's rate is noticeably below typical.
With demographic context factored in, SUDAN EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 52.7% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 50.1%.
In the broader community, the surrounding county (Lamb County) shows that median household income runs about $60,760, about 14% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 9%. In all, Lamb County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 2,773 students), of which SUDAN EL is one.
Nearest neighbor: SUDAN H S, around 0.0 miles off. Within ten miles, there are 2 other public schools, a sparser pattern than typical urban areas. Ranking that nearby cluster on reported proficiency puts SUDAN EL at 4th of 8; the average score across the group is 41.5%.
SUDAN EL operates from a small-town location.
Over the past 7-year window. SUDAN EL's enrollment has edged down 13% since 2018, when it stood at 314 (now 272). The student-to-teacher ratio pulled in from 13.5:1 in 2018 to 11.7:1 today.
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