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Enrollment
494
Elementary
DISTRICT 403 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·VERNON ISD·NCES 484411004997
Vernon Elementary School
2110 STADIUM DR, VERNON, TX 76384 · (940) 553-4309 · Wilbarger County
GRADES 02–05ELEMENTARY41-RURALTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL494 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
36 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 13.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
78%
386 students
DISTRICT 81% · 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grade 2 | 118 | 24% |
| Grade 3 | 130 | 26% |
| Grade 4 | 126 | 26% |
| Grade 5 | 120 | 24% |
Student demographics
67%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 66% · 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
Vernon Elementary School→Vernon Middle School
Feeds from
Based on grade levels within VERNON ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
39.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +11.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
35.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +2.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 39 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 35 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 11 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 2 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 14.0% | 25.0% | 27.0% | 34.0% |
| Mathematics | 14.0% | 21.0% | 30.0% | 35.0% |
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 | 39.0% | 35.0% |
| 2024-25 | 38.0% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 33.0% | 30.0% |
| 2022-23 | 28.0% | 36.0% |
| 2021-22 | 32.0% | 31.0% |
| 2020-21 | 28.0% | 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
33.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
40.3%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-6.8pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 34% 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 →
Schools most like Vernon Elementary School
Vernon Elementary School's state test result (33.5% proficient) is higher than 1 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Vernon Elementary School this school | 494 | 78.1% | 33.5% |
| Tradewind Elementary School AMARILLO | 658 | 81.8% | 37.6% |
| Terrace Elementary School HOUSTON | 457 | 75.9% | 37.7% |
| G H Whitcomb Elementary School HOUSTON | 557 | 73.4% | 41.6% |
| North Riverside Elementary School FORT WORTH | 469 | 69.1% | 34.9% |
| O H Stowe Elementary School HALTOM CITY | 660 | 73.8% | 31.0% |
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 Vernon Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas |
|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 33.5% | #3,310 of 4,401 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 35.0% | #3,496 of 4,466 ▼ 491 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 39.0% | #3,796 of 4,466 ▼ 73 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +5.0pp | #2,174 of 3,998 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 494 | #2,607 of 4,938 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 13.9:1 | #1,463 of 4,622 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 67.5% | #759 of 4,628 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 78.1% | #2,081 of 4,789 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked fastest growth first | +59.4% | #76 of 1,307 |
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
494
-52 (-10%) vs 2020
+22% since 1990-91, when it was 405
Student : Teacher
13.9:1
was 12.4:1
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 | 494 | 35.5 | 13.9:1 | 78% (386) |
| 2023-24 | 535 | 36.8 | 14.5:1 | 79% (422) |
| 2022-23 | 525 | 32.9 | 15.9:1 | 76% (400) |
| 2020-21 | 546 | 44 | 12.4:1 | 68% (374) |
| 2017-18 | 310 | 22 | 14.1:1 | 64% (199) |
| 2015-16 | 344 | 18 | 19.1:1 | 68% (235) |
| 2010-11 | 339 | 22 | 15.4:1 | 66% (224) |
| 2000-01 | 382 | 26 | 14.7:1 | 57% (217) |
| 1990-91 | 405 | 26 | 15.6:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Vernon Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students up 59% (310 to 494); teachers up 61% (22 to 35.5).
About Vernon Elementary School
Vernon Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school in VERNON ISD, located in VERNON, Texas. School enrollment was 494 students in 2024-25, in grades 2 through 5.
Vernon Elementary School is in VERNON ISD, a district with 1,729 students across 7 schools.
No single group makes up more than half of enrollment at Vernon Elementary School. The largest is Hispanic students, at 48%. The remaining shares are 28% White, 9% Asian, 8% multiracial, and 7% Black. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Wilbarger County's population at about 30%. Pick two students at random and there is a 67% chance they belong to different racial or ethnic groups; that figure is the school's diversity index.
A ratio of 13.9:1 comes from the school's 35.5 full-time-equivalent teachers. That is 1.2 students per teacher below the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility was 78% in 2024-25. Among public schools in Wilbarger County, the average eligibility rate is 70%.
After adjusting for student poverty, Vernon Elementary School lands between the top and bottom 10% of Texas schools. Its average proficiency rate on state tests is 33.5%; the prediction is 40.3%.
Census Bureau estimates for Wilbarger County show that the median household income is $54,102, the share of adults with a bachelor's degree or higher is 17%, and roughly 16% of residents are in poverty. Vernon Elementary School is one of 8 public schools in the county.
The closest other public school is Vernon High School, about 0.3 miles away. Within five miles are 5 other public schools. Its average proficiency rate of 33.5% is below the 40.9% average for nearby schools.
On the NCES locale scale, the school is Rural: Fringe.
The school enrolled 494 students in 2024-25, 52 fewer than the 546 it had in 2020-21. There were more students per teacher in 2024-25 (13.9:1) than in 2020-21 (12.4:1).
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Wilbarger County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
12,616
Census ACS
Median income
$54,102
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
17%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
8
2,099 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in VERNON ISD
- Vernon High SchoolHigh · 490 students
- Vernon Middle SchoolMiddle · 390 students
- T G McCord Elementary SchoolElementary · 311 students
- North Texas State Hospital - Afp - VernonHigh · 23 students
- Ntsh Pri Program Wichita CampusMiddle · 11 students
- Vernon ISD Opportunity CenterHigh · 10 students
Other schools in VERNON
- Vernon High SchoolHigh · 490 students
- Vernon Middle SchoolMiddle · 390 students
- T G McCord Elementary SchoolElementary · 311 students
- Northside SchoolCombined · 227 students
- North Texas State Hospital - Afp - VernonHigh · 23 students
- Vernon ISD Opportunity CenterHigh · 10 students
Other Vernon Elementary schools
6 other US public schools in 7 states are named Vernon Elementary. Vernon Elementary School is the 3rd largest of the 7.
- VERNON ELEMENTARY SCHOOLVERNON, FL · 621 students
- Vernon Elementary SchoolPortland, OR · 564 students
- Vernon Elementary SchoolVernon, AL · 277 students
- Vernon ElementaryKenosha, WI · 249 students
- Vernon Elementary SchoolVernon, VT · 170 students
Nearby schools
- Vernon High School0.3 mi · 490
- North Texas State Hospital - Afp - Vernon0.8 mi · 23
- T G McCord Elementary School1.0 mi · 311
- Vernon Middle School1.6 mi · 390
- Vernon ISD Opportunity Center1.7 mi · 10
- Northside School11.1 mi · 227
Frequently asked questions
About Vernon Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Vernon Elementary School?
Vernon Elementary School enrolls approximately 494 students in grades 02-05.
Is Vernon Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Vernon Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades 02-05.
What is the student-teacher ratio at Vernon Elementary School?
The student-to-teacher ratio at Vernon Elementary School is approximately 13.9:1 (36 FTE teachers).
What is the racial breakdown of students at Vernon Elementary School?
At Vernon Elementary School, the student body is approximately 28% White, 48% Hispanic, 7% Black, 9% Asian, 8% Two or more.
Is Vernon Elementary School public or private?
Vernon Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by VERNON ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.