WILLIAM B TRAVIS 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 33 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 26 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 52 and 42.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat this means: About 27% of students here test proficient in math and reading, below the roughly 44% typical for Texas schools with a similar share of low-income students. BeatsExpectations compares each school with others at the same poverty level, not by raw scores, so a school lands here when its results trail those comparable schools, which is not the same as having low scores. A higher-scoring school can still fall in this tier if similar schools score higher still.
About WILLIAM B TRAVIS EL
WILLIAM B TRAVIS EL is a mid-tier K-5 school in PAMPA, Texas, overseen by PAMPA ISD. The school teaches 470 students in grades 4 through 5.
WILLIAM B TRAVIS EL is one of 6 schools operated by PAMPA ISD, a district that caters to 3,141 students overall.
For racial and ethnic makeup, WILLIAM B TRAVIS EL logs that the most-represented group is Hispanic (52%), with the rest of the student body spread across multiple groups. Beyond that, the school records 42% White, 3% multiracial, 2% Black. By comparison, Gray County as a whole is about 31% Hispanic, so the school skews visibly more Hispanic than its surroundings.
In terms of school funding signals, The school currently runs with 31 full-time-equivalent teachers, for a student-teacher ratio near 15.0:1. That tracks the state average closely. Around 70% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment.
After controlling for student poverty, On a poverty-adjusted basis, WILLIAM B TRAVIS EL sits in the bottom 10% statewide. Predicted proficiency from the FRL regression is roughly 43.5%; actual is 27.4%, a gap of -16.1 points.
In the area at large, Gray County reports that median household income runs about $59,614, roughly 16% of adults have completed at least a four-year degree, and the poverty rate sits near 13%. In all, Gray County runs 13 public schools (combined enrollment of about 3,545 students), of which WILLIAM B TRAVIS EL is one.
The closest other public school is STEPHEN F AUSTIN EL, roughly 0.9 miles away. Within five miles, there are 5 other public schools. On composite proficiency, WILLIAM B TRAVIS EL comes 7th of 7 in the immediate cluster, beneath the nearby-schools average of 38.4%.
Geographically, the school is in a town-based area.
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- AUSTIN ELCombined
- PAMPA H SHigh · 1,012 students
- PAMPA J HMiddle · 680 students
- LAMAR ELElementary · 415 students
- STEPHEN F AUSTIN ELElementary · 371 students
- WOODROW WILSON ELElementary · 193 students
- AUSTIN ELCombined
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- PAMPA H S1.1 mi · 1,012
- PAMPA J H1.3 mi · 680
- WOODROW WILSON EL1.8 mi · 193
- LAMAR EL3.0 mi · 415
- LEFORS SCHOOL12.9 mi · 173