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What's the one class at WAKE VILLAGE EL every student should take?
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Enrollment
539
Elementary
DISTRICT 396 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·TEXARKANA ISD·NCES 484248004855
Wake Village Elementary School
400 WILDCAT DR, WAKE VILLAGE, TX 75501 · (903) 838-4261 · Bowie County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY23-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL539 STUDENTS
B
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Scored higher than 63% of Texas public elementary schools
- B-Test scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- B+Beats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- AThree-year trend Change in reading and math proficiency over the last three test years.
Grades compare a school only with schools in the same state, because every state gives its own test. How grades work · Top-graded Texas public elementary schools
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
43 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 12.8:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
466 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 | 72 | 13% |
| Kindergarten | 81 | 15% |
| Grade 1 | 92 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 89 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 77 | 14% |
| Grade 4 | 78 | 14% |
| Grade 5 | 50 | 9% |
This year's kindergarten class (81) is 62% larger than its 5th grade class (50).
Student demographics
66%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
Wake Village Elementary School→Texas Middle School
Based on grade levels within TEXARKANA ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
48.0%
TX avg 54.5% . -7.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
43.0%
TX avg 45.3% . -12.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 48 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 43 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are down about 7 points since 2020, while math scores are down about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 21.0% | 27.0% | 25.0% | 27.0% |
| Mathematics | 12.0% | 31.0% | 28.0% | 29.0% |
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 | 48.0% | 43.0% |
| 2024-25 | 48.0% | 38.0% |
| 2023-24 | 47.0% | 42.0% |
| 2022-23 | 25.0% | 27.0% |
| 2021-22 | 67.0% | 40.0% |
| 2020-21 | 55.0% | 55.0% |
% 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
41.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
36.8%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+4.8pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 37% 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 Wake Village Elementary School
Wake Village Elementary School's state test result (41.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wake Village Elementary School this school | 539 | 86.5% | 41.5% |
| Liberty-Eylau Elementary School TEXARKANA | 531 | 91.5% | 34.6% |
| Jean C Few Primary School JASPER | 546 | 92.3% | N/A |
| Parnell Elementary School JASPER | 427 | 85.2% | 21.8% |
| Bess Race Elementary School CROWLEY | 647 | 79.9% | 30.3% |
| Hay Branch Elementary School KILLEEN | 522 | 80.3% | 28.4% |
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 Wake Village Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Bowie County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #2,389 of 4,401 | #9 of 16 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 43.0% | #2,566 of 4,466 ▲ 434 | #10 of 17 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #2,810 of 4,466 ▼ 42 | #13 of 17 ▼ 3 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +19.5pp | #547 of 3,998 | #3 of 9 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 539 | #2,142 of 4,938 | #3 of 22 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 12.6:1 | #570 of 4,622 | #9 of 20 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 66.5% | #846 of 4,628 | #2 of 20 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 86.5% | #1,435 of 4,789 | #10 of 20 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -15.6% | #1,558 of 2,838 | #4 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
539
-10 (-2%) vs 2020
-23% since 1990-91, when it was 700
Student : Teacher
12.6:1
was 11.9:1
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 | 539 | 42.8 | 12.6:1 | 86% (466) |
| 2023-24 | 548 | 44.7 | 12.3:1 | 85% (464) |
| 2022-23 | 579 | 44.4 | 13.0:1 | 85% (493) |
| 2020-21 | 549 | 46 | 11.9:1 | 80% (441) |
| 2017-18 | 639 | 44.6 | 14.3:1 | 81% (519) |
| 2015-16 | 708 | 48 | 14.8:1 | 77% (542) |
| 2010-11 | 722 | 49 | 14.7:1 | 70% (503) |
| 2000-01 | 723 | 43 | 16.8:1 | 45% (324) |
| 1990-91 | 700 | 39 | 17.9:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wake Village Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 16% (639 to 539); teachers down 4% (44.6 to 42.8).
About Wake Village Elementary School
Families in WAKE VILLAGE, Texas, are served by Wake Village Elementary School, a medium-sized elementary school. The student body numbers 539 students, from pre-K through 5.
The 13 schools in TEXARKANA ISD enroll 7,269 students altogether, Wake Village Elementary School among them.
Enrollment at Wake Village Elementary School is mixed, with Black students the largest group at 49%. The school is also 27% White, 12% multiracial, and 12% Hispanic. That is higher than the 25% Black share among all Bowie County residents. The chance that two students picked at random at Wake Village Elementary School belong to different racial or ethnic groups, known as the diversity index, is 66%.
Teachers at Wake Village Elementary School total 42.8 full-time equivalents, and the ratio is 12.6:1. The 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas is higher than this school's figure. The school counts 466 students as eligible for free or reduced-price lunch, or 86%. The 68% average for public schools in Bowie County is 18 points lower.
Measured against Texas public elementary schools, Wake Village Elementary School receives a B. The grade weighs proficiency most heavily, then how results compare with what the school's low-income share predicts, then the three-year change.
The school's average proficiency rate on state tests is 41.5%. For its free or reduced-price lunch share, the predicted value is 36.8%.
In Bowie County (population about 92,115), median household income is about $59,803, a bachelor's degree or higher is held by about 24% of adults, and the share of residents below the poverty line is 12%. Wake Village Elementary School is one of 46 public schools in Bowie County, which together enroll about 17,523 students.
Westlawn Elementary School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 1.7 miles away. Counting only straight-line distance, at least 8 other public schools are within five miles. Its average proficiency rate of 41.5% is above the 31.0% average for nearby schools.
The school's federal locale classification is Suburb: Small.
The school's size has been steady, with 549 students in 2020-21 and 539 in 2024-25.
Conversations here can range across sports schedules, lunch menus, and spirit week. Reviews and ratings from people who know the school are welcome.
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
- Digital Academy of TexasHigh · 471 students
- Highland Park Elementary SchoolElementary · 427 students
- Martha & Josh Morriss Math & Engineering Elementary SchoolElementary · 351 students
Nearby schools
- Westlawn Elementary School1.7 mi · 317
- Nash Elementary School2.0 mi · 667
- Liberty-Eylau Early Childhood Center2.1 mi · 269
- Theron Jones Early Literacy Center2.2 mi · 329
- Paul Laurence Dunbar Early Education Center2.3 mi · 265
- Options Early Graduation High School2.4 mi · 61
Frequently asked questions
About Wake Village Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Wake Village Elementary School?
Wake Village Elementary School enrolls approximately 539 students in grades PK-05.
What grades does Wake Village Elementary School serve?
Wake Village Elementary School serves grades PK-05.
How many teachers does Wake Village Elementary School have?
Wake Village Elementary School employs 43 FTE teachers, for a student-to-teacher ratio of 12.6:1.
What is the student diversity at Wake Village Elementary School?
Student demographics at Wake Village Elementary School are roughly 27% White, 12% Hispanic, 49% Black, 1% Asian, 12% Two or more.
What district is Wake Village Elementary School in?
Wake Village Elementary School is part of TEXARKANA ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.