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What's one thing WM B TRAVIS EL gets right about preparing students for what comes next?
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Enrollment
473
Elementary
DISTRICT 477 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·MARSHALL ISD·NCES 482916003299
Wm B Travis Elementary School
300 W CAROLANNE, MARSHALL, TX 75672 · (903) 927-8780 · Harrison County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY32-TOWNTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL473 STUDENTS
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
30 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.2:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
88%
415 students
DISTRICT 84% · 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 | 96 | 20% |
| Grade 1 | 76 | 16% |
| Grade 2 | 83 | 18% |
| Grade 3 | 74 | 16% |
| Grade 4 | 73 | 15% |
| Grade 5 | 71 | 15% |
This year's kindergarten class (96) is 35% larger than its 5th grade class (71).
Student demographics
65%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 68% · 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
Based on grade levels within MARSHALL ISD. Attendance zones can vary; confirm enrollment with the district.
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
49.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +20.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
48.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +12.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 49 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 48 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 20 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 12 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 22.0% | 27.0% | 29.0% | 22.0% |
| Mathematics | 20.0% | 28.0% | 25.0% | 27.0% |
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 | 49.0% | 48.0% |
| 2024-25 | 52.0% | 52.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 36.0% |
| 2022-23 | 38.0% | 43.0% |
| 2021-22 | 29.0% | 35.0% |
| 2020-21 | 29.0% | 36.0% |
% 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
36.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
+5.3pp
above demographic expectation
What this means: About 42% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 36% 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 Wm B Travis Elementary School
Wm B Travis Elementary School's state test result (41.5% proficient) is higher than 3 of the 4 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wm B Travis Elementary School this school | 473 | 87.7% | 41.5% |
| Hayley Elementary School LA MARQUE | 484 | 88.0% | 23.1% |
| J L Everhart Magnet Elementary School LONGVIEW | 424 | 89.6% | 42.6% |
| Meridith-Dunbar Early Childhood Academy TEMPLE | 487 | 86.4% | N/A |
| Connally Primary School ELM MOTT | 498 | 84.1% | 23.3% |
| Crockett Elementary School MARSHALL | 549 | 84.0% | 23.7% |
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 Wm B Travis Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Harrison County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 41.5% | #2,392 of 4,401 | #7 of 11 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 48.0% | #1,977 of 4,466 ▼ 510 | #5 of 11 no change |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 49.0% | #2,657 of 4,466 ▼ 391 | #7 of 11 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +8.0pp | #1,739 of 3,998 | #5 of 7 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 473 | #2,794 of 4,938 | #7 of 12 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.6:1 | #2,978 of 4,622 | #9 of 11 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 65.2% | #951 of 4,628 | #5 of 11 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 87.7% | #1,317 of 4,789 | #3 of 12 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -30.2% | #495 of 2,838 | #1 of 8 |
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
473
-115 (-20%) vs 2020
0% since 1990-91, when it was 472
Student : Teacher
15.6:1
was 13.1:1
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 | 473 | 30.3 | 15.6:1 | 88% (415) |
| 2023-24 | 479 | 29.4 | 16.3:1 | 86% (411) |
| 2022-23 | 525 | 32.3 | 16.2:1 | 84% (443) |
| 2020-21 | 588 | 45 | 13.1:1 | 59% (347) |
| 2017-18 | 678 | 40.5 | 16.8:1 | 73% (492) |
| 2015-16 | 383 | 24 | 16.0:1 | 69% (263) |
| 2010-11 | 431 | 28 | 15.4:1 | 72% (312) |
| 2000-01 | 357 | 27 | 13.2:1 | 46% (164) |
| 1990-91 | 472 | 26 | 18.1:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wm B Travis Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 30% (678 to 473); teachers down 25% (40.5 to 30.3).
About Wm B Travis Elementary School
Wm B Travis Elementary School is an elementary school in MARSHALL, Texas, and it is part of MARSHALL ISD. It offers kindergarten through 5 and has 473 students enrolled.
Wm B Travis Elementary School belongs to MARSHALL ISD, a district of 8 schools and 4,957 students.
The largest group at Wm B Travis Elementary School is Hispanic students, at 47%. The remaining students are 31% Black, 19% White, and 3% multiracial. Census figures show Harrison County is about 15% Hispanic. Measured by the diversity index, the student body scores 65%.
The school had 30.3 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25. Its student-to-teacher ratio is 15.6:1. The ratio is within a point of the 15.1:1 average for elementary schools in Texas. The eligibility rate for free or reduced-price meals is 88%. That is higher than the 61% average for public schools in Harrison County.
Wm B Travis Elementary School is 5.3 points above its predicted average proficiency rate across its state test results (41.5% versus 36.2%), which places it in neither the top nor the bottom 10% in Texas.
Looking at the county, Harrison County, the median household earns about $66,103 a year, 23% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 11% of people live in poverty. Harrison County has 29 public schools with about 32,062 students, including Wm B Travis Elementary School.
Texas Early College High School is about 0.9 miles away, making it the nearest public school. There are at least 8 more public schools inside five miles. Ranking the closest schools with test data puts Wm B Travis Elementary School at 2nd of 5.
The school's locale code, Town: Distant, means it is in a town some distance from an urbanized area.
In 2024-25, the school enrolled 473, down from 588 in 2020-21. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio increased from 13.1:1 to 15.6:1.
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Harrison County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
70,155
Census ACS
Median income
$66,103
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
23%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
11%
Below federal line
Schools in county
29
32,062 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in MARSHALL ISD
- Marshall High SchoolHigh · 1,467 students
- Marshall Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,035 students
- Price T Young Elementary SchoolElementary · 550 students
- Crockett Elementary SchoolElementary · 549 students
- Sam Houston Elementary SchoolElementary · 536 students
- Marshall Ech CenterElementary · 276 students
Other schools in MARSHALL
- Marshall High SchoolHigh · 1,467 students
- Marshall Junior High SchoolMiddle · 1,035 students
- Price T Young Elementary SchoolElementary · 550 students
- Crockett Elementary SchoolElementary · 549 students
- Sam Houston Elementary SchoolElementary · 536 students
- Elysian Fields Elementary SchoolElementary · 360 students
Nearby schools
- Texas Early College High School0.9 mi · 97
- Marshall Ech Center1.0 mi · 276
- Marshall High School1.3 mi · 1,467
- Price T Young Elementary School1.4 mi · 550
- Marshall Junior High School2.3 mi · 1,035
- Sam Houston Elementary School2.5 mi · 536
Frequently asked questions
About Wm B Travis Elementary SchoolHow many students attend Wm B Travis Elementary School?
Wm B Travis Elementary School enrolls approximately 473 students in grades KG-05.
What age range does Wm B Travis Elementary School serve?
Wm B Travis Elementary School serves students from grade KG through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Wm B Travis Elementary School?
Approximately 15.6:1 students per teacher at Wm B Travis Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Wm B Travis Elementary School?
Student demographics at Wm B Travis Elementary School are roughly 19% White, 47% Hispanic, 31% Black, 1% Asian, 3% Two or more.
Is Wm B Travis Elementary School public or private?
Wm B Travis Elementary School is a public K-12 school, overseen by MARSHALL ISD.
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