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Enrollment
514
Elementary
DISTRICT 406 · STATE 519
SCHOOL COMMUNITY·WICHITA FALLS ISD·NCES 484578013182
Zundelowitz Elementary School
1706 POLK, WICHITA FALLS, TX 76309 · (940) 235-1164 · Wichita County
GRADES KG–05ELEMENTARY12-CITYTITLE IREGULAR SCHOOL514 STUDENTS
D
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Scored higher than 5% of Texas public elementary schools
- FTest scores Share of students meeting the state standard in reading, math, and other tested subjects, 2023-24 and 2024-25.
- DBeats expectations How far test scores land above or below what the share of low-income students predicts for a school in this state.
- B-Three-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
15.8:1
33 FTE teachers
DISTRICT 15.3:1 · STATE 15.1:1
Free / Reduced Lunch
91%
467 students
DISTRICT 69% · 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 | 71 | 14% |
| Grade 1 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 2 | 85 | 17% |
| Grade 3 | 87 | 17% |
| Grade 4 | 93 | 18% |
| Grade 5 | 93 | 18% |
This year's kindergarten class (71) is 24% smaller than its 5th grade class (93).
Student demographics
45%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
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveReading
30.0%
TX avg 54.5% . +18.0pp since 2020
Mathematics
27.0%
TX avg 45.3% . +18.0pp since 2020
What this means: On the STAAR, Texas's statewide test, about 30 of every 100 students at this school read at grade level and about 27 of 100 do math at grade level. Across all Texas schools, those numbers are about 55 and 45. Reading scores are up about 18 points since 2020, while math scores are up about 18 points.
Performance levels, 2025-26
| Subject | Masters Grade Level | Meets Grade Level | Approaches Grade Level | Did Not Meet Grade Level |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reading | 8.0% | 22.0% | 30.0% | 40.0% |
| Mathematics | 7.0% | 20.0% | 25.0% | 48.0% |
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 | 30.0% | 27.0% |
| 2024-25 | 31.0% | 30.0% |
| 2023-24 | 18.0% | 22.0% |
| 2022-23 | 15.0% | 29.0% |
| 2021-22 | 12.0% | 8.0% |
| 2020-21 | 12.0% | 9.0% |
% 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
21.6%
composite math + reading, all grades
Predicted
34.9%
based on TX schools with similar FRL share
Beats by
-13.3pp
below demographic expectation
What this means: About 22% of students here test proficient in math and reading, compared with the roughly 35% 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 Zundelowitz Elementary School
Zundelowitz Elementary School's state test result (21.6% proficient) is higher than 0 of the 5 schools below with a result.
| School | Students | Low-income | Proficient |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zundelowitz Elementary School this school | 514 | 90.9% | 21.6% |
| Central Elementary School SEAGOVILLE | 588 | 90.5% | 61.5% |
| Goliad Elementary School ODESSA | 565 | 89.6% | 22.5% |
| Luella Merrett Elementary School FORT WORTH | 456 | 92.1% | 36.0% |
| Mark Twain Elementary School RICHARDSON | 531 | 89.1% | 38.9% |
| Travis Elementary School SAN MARCOS | 440 | 87.0% | 29.5% |
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 Zundelowitz Elementary School ranks
Among elementary schools| Measure | This school | In Texas | In Wichita County |
|---|---|---|---|
| State test proficiency ranked highest first | 21.6% | #4,224 of 4,401 | #18 of 19 |
| Math proficiency ranked highest first | 27.0% | #4,126 of 4,466 ▼ 326 | #19 of 19 ▼ 5 |
| Reading proficiency ranked highest first | 30.0% | #4,294 of 4,466 ▼ 134 | #17 of 19 ▼ 2 |
| 3-year test score change ranked biggest gain first | +6.5pp | #1,963 of 3,998 | #6 of 12 |
| Enrollment ranked largest first | 514 | #2,385 of 4,938 | #5 of 23 |
| Students per teacher ranked fewest first | 15.8:1 | #3,142 of 4,622 | #16 of 22 |
| Diversity index ranked most diverse first | 44.7% | #2,807 of 4,628 | #20 of 22 |
| Free and reduced lunch ranked highest share first | 90.9% | #976 of 4,789 | #5 of 23 |
| Enrollment change since 2017-18 ranked steepest decline first | -6.0% | #2,396 of 2,838 | #12 of 15 |
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
514
+2 (+0%) vs 2020
Student : Teacher
15.8:1
was 12.8:1
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 | 514 | 32.5 | 15.8:1 | 91% (467) |
| 2023-24 | 556 | 39 | 14.3:1 | 93% (516) |
| 2022-23 | 538 | 40.6 | 13.3:1 | 93% (501) |
| 2020-21 | 512 | 40 | 12.8:1 | 84% (430) |
| 2017-18 | 547 | 40.9 | 13.4:1 | 90% (493) |
| 2015-16 | 673 | 43 | 15.7:1 | 90% (603) |
Source: NCES Common Core of Data. Rows are the federal collections on file for Zundelowitz Elementary School.
Since 2017-18: students down 6% (547 to 514); teachers down 20% (40.9 to 32.5).
About Zundelowitz Elementary School
Located in WICHITA FALLS, Texas, Zundelowitz Elementary School is a medium-sized elementary school. Enrolled students number 514 students, in kindergarten through 5.
WICHITA FALLS ISD operates 25 schools. Combined enrollment is 16,226 students.
Hispanic students make up a majority at Zundelowitz Elementary School, at 72%. The remaining shares are 15% White, 8% Black, and 4% multiracial. Census estimates put the Hispanic share of Wichita County's population at about 21%. Zundelowitz Elementary School's diversity index is 45%, against a US figure of 70%.
With 32.5 full-time-equivalent teachers in 2024-25, the ratio at Zundelowitz Elementary School was 15.8:1. On average, elementary schools in Texas have 15.1:1, compared with 15.8:1 here. Zundelowitz Elementary School's free or reduced-price lunch eligibility rate is 91%. The 62% average for public schools in Wichita County is 29 points lower.
allk12 grades Zundelowitz Elementary School a D. The grade compares the school only with Texas public elementary schools, because each state gives its own test.
In Texas, Zundelowitz Elementary School is in the middle band of BeatsExpectations: 21.6% actual against a predicted 34.9%.
Recent Census Bureau figures for Wichita County show that the median household income is $63,524, 25% of adults hold a bachelor's degree or higher, and about 12% of residents live below the federal poverty line. Zundelowitz Elementary School is one of 53 public schools in the county.
Wichita Falls High School is the nearest neighboring public school, about 0.3 miles away. The five-mile area around Zundelowitz Elementary School holds at least 8 other public schools. Zundelowitz Elementary School ranks 6th of 6 among nearby schools on average proficiency, with 21.6% against a local average of 41.9%.
Zundelowitz Elementary School is coded as City: Mid-size in federal locale data.
Enrollment went from 512 in 2020-21 to 514 in 2024-25, a change of 2 students. From 2020-21 to 2024-25, the ratio rose from 12.8:1 to 15.8:1.
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Wichita County at a glance
View full county profilePopulation
129,996
Census ACS
Median income
$63,524
Household, ACS
Bachelor's+
25%
Adults 25+
Poverty rate
12%
Below federal line
Schools in county
53
23,047 students
Quick facts
Related schools
Other schools in WICHITA FALLS ISD
- Legacy High SchoolHigh · 1,857 students
- Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,650 students
- Rider High SchoolHigh · 1,569 students
- Wichita Falls High SchoolHigh · 1,243 students
- Barwise Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,164 students
- McNiel Middle SchoolMiddle · 996 students
Other schools in WICHITA FALLS
- Legacy High SchoolHigh · 1,857 students
- Memorial High SchoolHigh · 1,650 students
- Rider High SchoolHigh · 1,569 students
- Wichita Falls High SchoolHigh · 1,243 students
- Barwise Middle SchoolMiddle · 1,164 students
- McNiel Middle SchoolMiddle · 996 students
Nearby schools
- Wichita Falls High School0.3 mi · 1,243
- Premier H S - Wichita Falls0.4 mi · 88
- Crockett Elementary School0.6 mi · 477
- Franklin Elementary School0.6 mi · 442
- Brook Village Early Childhood1.0 mi · 196
- Barwise Middle School1.7 mi · 1,164
Frequently asked questions
About Zundelowitz Elementary SchoolHow large is Zundelowitz Elementary School?
Zundelowitz Elementary School enrolls approximately 514 students in grades KG-05.
Is Zundelowitz Elementary School an elementary, middle, or high school?
Zundelowitz Elementary School is an elementary school covering grades KG-05.
How many students per teacher at Zundelowitz Elementary School?
Approximately 15.8:1 students per teacher at Zundelowitz Elementary School.
What is the racial breakdown of students at Zundelowitz Elementary School?
At Zundelowitz Elementary School, the student body is approximately 15% White, 72% Hispanic, 8% Black, 1% Asian, 4% Two or more.
What district is Zundelowitz Elementary School in?
Zundelowitz Elementary School is part of WICHITA FALLS ISD.
Data sourceSchool profile facts are sourced from the NCES. Community content is posted by allk12 members.