Temple

Temple Elementary School and Temple High School are the two schools in Temple, serving students from prekindergarten through grade 12; they enroll 126 and 38 students, respectively. The most recent results show a mixed picture: both schools were below state proficiency rates in ELA, math and science, but the elementary school was closer to the state in math and science, while the high school was closer in ELA. The most important overall finding is that results differ by subject rather than one school leading across the board.

The elementary school had the higher all-grades math and science results in 2025–26: 19% proficient in math and 22% in science, compared with 11% and 18% at the high school. The high school led in ELA, at 25% versus 20%, and its 43% in U.S. History was 2 points above the state result. The high school’s largest gaps from state proficiency were in math (14 points below) and science (12 below); the elementary school was 6 points below in math and 8 below in science. Other measures favor both schools: the high school’s 2024–25 graduation rate was 89%, versus 78% statewide, and 2025–26 chronic absenteeism was 5% at the elementary school and 10% at the high school, compared with 16% statewide.

Recent score changes point in different directions. From 2024–25 to 2025–26, the elementary school gained 5 points in ELA, 6 in math and 6 in science; the high school lost 4 points in ELA, was unchanged in math and fell 11 points in science. The high school has a lower student-teacher ratio (9.7 versus 15.3) and a lower share of students who are free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–25 (71% versus 79%); these are context, not explanations for results. SchoolDigger’s high-school statewide percentile rank fell from the 58th percentile to the 45th between 2024–25 and 2025–26, while its older elementary rank entries fell from the 57th percentile in 2010–11 to the 13th in 2014–15. Because the schools serve different grade spans, their all-grades scores are not grade-matched comparisons.