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Enrollment
939
Elementary
DISTRICT 758 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·CLINT ISD·NCES 481443000933
Wm David Surratt Elementary School
12675 ALAMEDA AVE, CLINT, TX 79836 · (915) 926-8200 · El Paso County
GRADES PK–05ELEMENTARY21-SUBURBTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL939 STUDENTS
B-
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Scored higher than 45% of Texas public elementary schools
- CTest 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
17.1:1
55 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 16.0:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
86%
803 students
DISTRICT 85% · 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 | 101 | 11% |
| Kindergarten | 116 | 12% |
| Grade 1 | 135 | 14% |
| Grade 2 | 131 | 14% |
| Grade 3 | 144 | 15% |
| Grade 4 | 159 | 17% |
| Grade 5 | 153 | 16% |
This year's kindergarten class (116) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (153).
Student demographics
11%Diversity index
The chance that two students picked at random belong to different racial or ethnic groups.
DISTRICT 9% · 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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
54.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +39.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
47.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +34.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 54 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 47 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 39 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 34 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 21.0% | 33.0% | 26.0% | 20.0% |
| Mathematics | 18.0% | 29.0% | 27.0% | 26.0% |
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 | 54.0% | 47.0% |
| 2024-25 | 50.0% | 41.0% |
| 2023-24 | 40.0% | 33.0% |
| 2022-23 | 29.0% | 33.0% |
| 2021-22 | 27.0% | 24.0% |
| 2020-21 | 15.0% | 13.0% |
% 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
36.5%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
37.2%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-0.6pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 37% 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 Wm David Surratt Elementary School
Wm David Surratt Elementary School's state test result (36.5% proficient) is higher than 4 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wm David Surratt Elementary School this school | 939 | 85.5% | 36.5% |
| Frank Macias Elementary School EL PASO | 975 | 86.1% | 36.4% |
| Cleckler/Heald Elementary School WESLACO | 909 | 82.5% | 55.0% |
| Ernesto Serna Fine Arts Academy EL PASO | 831 | 83.8% | 33.4% |
| Charles Q Murphree PK-8 EL PASO | 846 | 87.0% | 22.3% |
| Murry Fly Elementary School ODESSA | 1,091 | 86.2% | 33.9% |
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 David Surratt Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In El Paso County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 36.5% | #2,996 of 4,401 | #99 of 133 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 47.0% | #2,027 of 4,466 ▲ 517 | #69 of 133 ▲ 19 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 54.0% | #2,014 of 4,466 ▲ 419 | #70 of 133 ▲ 21 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +19.5pp | #512 of 3,998 | #12 of 132 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 939 | #149 of 4,938 | #13 of 141 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 17.1:1 | #3,908 of 4,622 | #113 of 134 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 11.4% | #4,050 of 4,628 | #75 of 134 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 85.5% | #1,526 of 4,789 | #56 of 139 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -8.1% | #2,200 of 2,838 | #83 of 93 |
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
939
-24 (-2%) vs 2020
+50% since 1990-91, when it was 628
Student : Teacher
17.1:1
was 16.6:1
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 | 939 | 55.1 | 17.1:1 | 86% (803) |
| 2023-24 | 917 | 59.5 | 15.4:1 | 84% (773) |
| 2022-23 | 957 | 60 | 15.9:1 | 82% (780) |
| 2020-21 | 963 | 58 | 16.6:1 | 82% (793) |
| 2017-18 | 1,022 | 57 | 17.9:1 | 87% (888) |
| 2015-16 | 1,061 | 58 | 18.3:1 | 86% (914) |
| 2010-11 | 1,100 | 56 | 19.6:1 | 67% (733) |
| 2000-01 | 668 | 46 | 14.5:1 | 81% (538) |
| 1990-91 | 628 | 41 | 15.3:1 | N/A |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Wm David Surratt Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 8% (1,022 to 939); teachers down 3% (57 to 55.1).
About Wm David Surratt Elementary School
At 12675 ALAMEDA AVE in CLINT, Texas, Wm David Surratt Elementary School operates as a large elementary school. The school runs pre-K through 5 and enrolls 939 students. That compares with an average of about 519 students for elementary schools in Texas.
CLINT ISD has 14 schools and 10,077 students, and Wm David Surratt Elementary School is one of those schools.
By race and ethnicity, Wm David Surratt Elementary School is 94% Hispanic. Enrollment also includes 4% White. The school's Hispanic share is 11 points above the 83% share among El Paso County residents. A diversity index of 11% means there is an 11% chance two randomly chosen students at Wm David Surratt Elementary School are from different groups.
Classroom staffing at Wm David Surratt Elementary School totals 55.1 full-time-equivalent teachers, and the student-to-teacher ratio is 17.1:1. The average for elementary schools in Texas, 15.1:1, is lower. Free or reduced-price lunch eligibility at Wm David Surratt Elementary School is about 86%. Among public schools in El Paso County, the average eligibility rate is 74%.
Wm David Surratt Elementary School holds a B- allk12 Grade, placing it above 45% of Texas public elementary schools.
Wm David Surratt Elementary School posts an average proficiency rate across its state test results of 36.5%, compared with a predicted 37.2%. It is not in the top or bottom 10% of Texas schools on BeatsExpectations.
For the population of El Paso County, the median household earns about $59,806 a year, about 26% of adults have at least a bachelor's degree, and the poverty rate is about 16%. Wm David Surratt Elementary School shares El Paso County with 272 other public schools.
The closest school to Wm David Surratt Elementary School is Clint J H School, located about 0.2 miles away. The count of other public schools within five miles is at least 8. Of 7 schools in the immediate area with test results, Wm David Surratt Elementary School ranks 4th on average proficiency.
Federal records code the school's setting as Suburb: Large.
Enrollment has been fairly stable: 963 in 2020-21 and 939 in 2024-25.
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El Paso County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
870,779
Census ACS
Median income
$59,806
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
26%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
16%
Below federal line
Schools in county
273
165,404 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in CLINT ISD
- Horizon High SchoolHigh · 1,469 students
- Frank Macias Elementary SchoolElementary · 975 students
- Desert Hills Elementary SchoolElementary · 928 students
- Mountain View High SchoolHigh · 775 students
- Clint High SchoolHigh · 747 students
- Horizon Middle SchoolMiddle · 677 students
Other schools in CLINT
- Clint High SchoolHigh · 747 students
- Clint J H SchoolMiddle · 484 students
- Clint ISD Early College AcademyHigh · 290 students
Nearby schools
- Clint J H School0.2 mi · 484
- Clint ISD Early College Academy0.4 mi · 290
- Clint High School1.6 mi · 747
- Josefa L Sambrano Elementary School1.8 mi · 554
- Lorenzo Loya Primary School1.8 mi · 173
- San Elizario High School1.9 mi · 985
Frequently asked questions
About Wm David Surratt Elementary SchoolWhat is the total enrollment at Wm David Surratt Elementary School?
Wm David Surratt Elementary School enrolls approximately 939 students in grades PK-05.
What age range does Wm David Surratt Elementary School serve?
Wm David Surratt Elementary School serves students from grade PK through grade 05.
How many students per teacher at Wm David Surratt Elementary School?
Approximately 17.1:1 students per teacher at Wm David Surratt Elementary School.
What is the student diversity at Wm David Surratt Elementary School?
Student demographics at Wm David Surratt Elementary School are roughly 4% White, 94% Hispanic, 1% Black, 0% Asian, 1% Two or more.
What district is Wm David Surratt Elementary School in?
Wm David Surratt Elementary School is part of CLINT ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.