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ZUNDELOWITZ EL
Test scores
STAAR 2025-26 . % Meets Grade Level or AboveWhat 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.
BeatsExpectations
Demographically-adjusted score · methodologyWhat 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%.
7-year change
SY 2017-18 vs SY 2024-25About ZUNDELOWITZ EL
ZUNDELOWITZ EL is a mid-sized elementary campus in WICHITA FALLS, Texas, overseen by WICHITA FALLS ISD. The school caters to 514 students in grades K through 5.
WICHITA FALLS ISD runs 25 schools in total, collectively educating 16,226 students. ZUNDELOWITZ EL is one of those campuses.
Looking at the student body, ZUNDELOWITZ EL records that Hispanic students make up the majority at 72%; the rest comes out to 15% White, 8% Black, 4% multiracial. That is visibly more Hispanic than the county at large, where the share is closer to 21%.
Looking at the economic backdrop, On paper, ZUNDELOWITZ EL has 33 full-time-equivalent teachers, translating to a class-load average of around 15.8:1. That figure is higher than the state norm's 15.1:1 average. Around 91% of the student body qualifies for free or reduced-price meals, a commonly cited indicator of low-income enrollment. That share is above Wichita County's rate of about 62%.
With demographic context factored in, ZUNDELOWITZ EL tracks the demographic baseline. The model predicts 34.9% given the school's FRL share; actual proficiency is 21.6%.
Zooming out to the county, community-level numbers for Wichita County indicate median household earnings sit near $63,524, about 25% of the adult population holds a bachelor's degree or above, and the poverty rate sits near 12%. Across Wichita County's 53 public schools (combined enrollment of about 23,047 students), ZUNDELOWITZ EL is one campus in the mix.
Nearest neighbor: WICHITA FALLS H S, around 0.3 miles off. Counting just inside five miles, 8 other public schools cluster around ZUNDELOWITZ EL. On composite proficiency, ZUNDELOWITZ EL comes 6th of 6 in the immediate cluster, below the nearby-schools average of 42.5%.
The school occupies a downtown site.
Over the past 7-year window. ZUNDELOWITZ EL's enrollment has ticked down 6% since 2018, when it stood at 547 (now 514). The White share of enrollment shrank from 25% to 15% over that span. The student-to-teacher ratio grew from 13.4:1 in 2018 to 15.8:1 today.
On the community side, the feed for ZUNDELOWITZ EL typically covers open house dates, ride-share offers, and field-trip permission slips. Contributors range from current parents to recent graduates and teachers.
Wichita County at a glance
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