Summary:
Zip code 42726 has one listed school, Clarkson Elementary School, serving pre-K through grade 5 in Grayson County. It enrolls 642 students, so there are no other listed schools to compare it with. The most important finding is that across nine subject-and-grade results available for both years, Clarkson’s average fell 10 percentage points from 2024–2025 to 2025–2026, moving from 11 points above the state average to essentially level with it.
Within the school’s latest results, fourth-grade math stands out: 55% were proficient, 12 points above the state and 11 points above the district. Fifth-grade writing was the weakest result compared with the state, at 26% versus 35%, a 9-point shortfall; it was, however, 2 points above the district’s 24%. Reading averaged 51% across grades 3–5, just above the state’s 50%, but the grade-level results varied: third-grade reading was 43%, 6 points below the state, while fourth- and fifth-grade reading were 3 and 6 points above it.
The decline appeared across most matched results: writing fell 17 points, third-grade reading fell 15, and fourth-grade math fell 14; fifth-grade reading and editing and mechanics were steadier, each down just 1 point. SchoolDigger’s ranking also dropped, from the 76th percentile in 2023–2024 and 77th in 2024–2025 to the 52nd percentile in 2025–2026, while its rating went from 4 stars to 3. Attendance is a relative strength: chronic absenteeism was 18% in 2025–2026, compared with 26% in the district and 24% statewide. As context, the student-teacher ratio was 17.2 in 2024–2025, and 64% of students were free/reduced lunch eligible that year; these figures alone do not explain academic results.
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