WEST ORANGE-STARK EL

WEST ORANGE-STARK EL, an expansive elementary school in ORANGE, Texas, one of the schools within WEST ORANGE-COVE CISD, instructs 1,133 students, covering grades K through 5. Compared to the state average of about 519 students per school, that is 118% larger than typical.

WEST ORANGE-COVE CISD comprises 4 schools with combined enrollment of 2,592 students; WEST ORANGE-STARK EL is among them.

Demographically, WEST ORANGE-STARK EL records that 52% of students identify as Black, with the remaining enrollment distributed across several groups; the rest reads as 23% Hispanic, 18% White, 6% multiracial. That is considerably more Black than the county at large, where the share is closer to 8%.

Looking at the economic backdrop, WEST ORANGE-STARK EL reports 65 full-time-equivalent teachers, putting the student-to-teacher ratio at about 17.4:1. Statewide, the average ratio sits near 15.1:1, putting WEST ORANGE-STARK EL higher than the state norm the norm. Roughly 89% of students at WEST ORANGE-STARK EL qualify for free or reduced-price lunch, which schools and policymakers use as a rough income-mix signal. Set against Orange County (around 56%), the school's rate is somewhat above typical.

With demographic context factored in, On a poverty-adjusted basis, WEST ORANGE-STARK EL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 35.2%; actual is 21.1%, a gap of -14.1 points.

In the area at large, community-level numbers for Orange County indicate median household earnings sit near $72,104, roughly 18% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and census figures put the poverty rate at about 10%. WEST ORANGE-STARK EL is one of 25 public schools in Orange County (combined enrollment of about 15,100 students).

The closest other public school is TEKOA ACADEMY OF ACCELERATED STUDIES - ORANGE, roughly 2.2 miles away. 8 of the 8 nearest public schools sit inside a five-mile radius. Among the 8 schools in that immediate cluster with test data (this one included), WEST ORANGE-STARK EL ranks 8th on composite proficiency, below the local average of 33.4%.

WEST ORANGE-STARK EL operates from a town-center location.

Trend over the last 7 years. Over the past 7-year window, the student count climbed 9%: 1,041 students in 2018 compared to 1,133 in 2025.

On the community side, posts here usually surface around sports schedules, lunch menu changes, and school spirit week. Posting is open to anyone connected to the school.