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Enrollment
640
Elementary
DISTRICT 517 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·ALEDO ISD·NCES 480778000088
Vandagriff Elementary School
151 FM 5 S, ALEDO, TX 76008 · (817) 441-8771 · Parker County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY31-TOWNREGULAR SCHOOL640 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
40 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.6:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
11%
70 students
DISTRICT 14% · 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 | 77 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 109 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 117 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 105 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 113 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 119 | 19% |
This year's kindergarten class (77) is 35% smaller than its 5th grade class (119).
Student demographics
40%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 44% · 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
76.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +59.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
80.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +47.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 76 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 80 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 59 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 47 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 50.0% | 26.0% | 17.0% | 7.0% |
| Mathematics | 51.0% | 29.0% | 10.0% | 10.0% |
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 | 76.0% | 80.0% |
| 2024-25 | 78.0% | 78.0% |
| 2023-24 | 74.0% | 75.0% |
| 2022-23 | 42.0% | 50.0% |
| 2021-22 | 67.0% | 33.0% |
| 2020-21 | 17.0% | 33.0% |
% 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
72.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
69.0%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+3.6pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 73% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 69% 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 Vandagriff Elementary School
Vandagriff Elementary School's state test result (72.6% proficient) is higher than 2 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vandagriff Elementary School this school | 640 | 10.9% | 72.6% |
| Willow Creek Elementary School KINGWOOD | 581 | 9.1% | 76.1% |
| Hoffmann Lane Elementary School NEW BRAUNFELS | 705 | 7.2% | 85.8% |
| Academy at Nola Dunn BURLESON | 668 | 14.8% | 59.4% |
| Lone Star Elementary School MONTGOMERY | 695 | 14.2% | 60.4% |
| Bowie Elementary School DALLAS | 644 | 12.7% | 77.0% |
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 Vandagriff Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Parker County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 72.6% | #248 of 4,401 | #4 of 24 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 80.0% | #131 of 4,466 ▲ 52 | #1 of 24 ▲ 1 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 76.0% | #407 of 4,466 ▼ 55 | #6 of 24 ▼ 1 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +32.0pp | #110 of 3,998 | #5 of 20 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 640 | #1,317 of 4,938 | #4 of 26 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 16.0:1 | #3,285 of 4,622 | #20 of 25 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 40.1% | #3,041 of 4,628 | #20 of 25 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 10.9% | #4,634 of 4,789 | #22 of 26 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +6.5% | #920 of 1,307 | #7 of 10 |
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
640
-5 (-1%) vs 2020
+34% since 1990-91, when it was 476
Student : Teacher
16.0:1
was 15.7:1
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 | 640 | 40 | 16.0:1 | 11% (70) |
| 2023-24 | 672 | 41.6 | 16.2:1 | 11% (73) |
| 2022-23 | 664 | 41.6 | 16.0:1 | 13% (84) |
| 2020-21 | 645 | 41 | 15.7:1 | 11% (74) |
| 2017-18 | 601 | 32.8 | 18.4:1 | 5% (29) |
| 2015-16 | 514 | 31 | 16.6:1 | 13% (68) |
| 2010-11 | 514 | 32 | 16.1:1 | 16% (83) |
| 2000-01 | 579 | 38 | 15.2:1 | 10% (56) |
| 1990-91 | 476 | 22 | 21.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vandagriff Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 6% (601 to 640); teachers up 22% (32.8 to 40).
About Vandagriff Elementary School
Vandagriff Elementary School is a mid-sized elementary school. Its address is in ALEDO, Texas. It is open to students in kindergarten through 5 and enrolls 640 students. By comparison, elementary schools in Texas enroll about 519 students on average.
ALEDO ISD operates 12 schools. Combined enrollment is 8,430 students.
More than half of the students at Vandagriff Elementary School are White (74%). Next come 21% Hispanic and 3% multiracial. That compares with about 83% White among all Parker County residents. The diversity index for Vandagriff Elementary School is 40%. For US public schools as a whole it is 70%.
The school had 40 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 16.0:1. By comparison, the average for elementary schools in Texas is 15.1:1. The school reported 11% of students eligible for free or reduced-price lunch in 2024-25. That is 22 points below the 33% average for public schools in Parker County.
Vandagriff Elementary School's average proficiency rate across its state test results of 72.6% is 3.6 points above the 69.0% the model predicts from its lunch-eligibility share.
The school's county is Parker County. According to Census Bureau estimates, median household income comes to about $104,443, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 32%, and roughly 6% of residents are in poverty. There are 51 public schools in the county, enrolling about 28,354, Vandagriff Elementary School among them.
Vandagriff Elementary School is about 0.5 miles from Aledo Middle School, its nearest public school. Around the school, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Among its closest neighbors with test data, Vandagriff Elementary School is 2nd of 7 on proficiency.
Vandagriff Elementary School is coded as Town: Fringe in federal locale data.
Over 4 years, enrollment stayed close to where it was, going from 645 to 640.
The allk12 page for Vandagriff Elementary School lets the school community talk about pickup and drop-off, after-school programs, and teacher feedback. You can also rate the school on this page.
Parker County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
165,168
Census ACS
Median income
$104,443
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
32%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
6%
Below federal line
Schools in county
51
28,354 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in ALEDO ISD
- Aledo High SchoolHigh · 1,730 students
- Aledo Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,049 students
- McAnally Middle SchoolMiddle · 898 students
- Annetta Elementary SchoolElementary · 689 students
- Don R Daniel Ninth Grade CampusHigh · 619 students
- Walsh Elementary SchoolElementary · 550 students
Other schools in ALEDO
- Aledo High SchoolHigh · 1,730 students
- Aledo Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,049 students
- Annetta Elementary SchoolElementary · 689 students
- Don R Daniel Ninth Grade CampusHigh · 619 students
- Stuard Elementary SchoolElementary · 544 students
- Lynn McKinney Elementary SchoolElementary · 538 students
Nearby schools
- Aledo Middle School0.5 mi · 1,049
- Early Childhood Academy0.6 mi · 189
- Don R Daniel Ninth Grade Campus2.1 mi · 619
- Aledo High School2.1 mi · 1,730
- Coder Elementary School2.4 mi · 533
- Stuard Elementary School2.8 mi · 544
Frequently asked questions
About Vandagriff Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Vandagriff Elementary School?
Vandagriff Elementary School enrolls approximately 640 students in grades KG-05.
Is Vandagriff Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Vandagriff Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many teachers does Vandagriff Elementary School have?
Vandagriff Elementary School employs 40 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 16.0:1.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Vandagriff Elementary School?
At Vandagriff Elementary School, the student body is approximately 74% White, 21% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 3% Two or more.
What district is Vandagriff Elementary School in?
Vandagriff Elementary School is part of ALEDO ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.