Summary:
ZIP code 74604 has four elementary schools, all serving prekindergarten: McCord Public School serves through grade 6, E. M. Trout Elementary School and Woodlands Elementary School through grade 5, and Kildare Public School through grade 8. In 2025–26, every reported all-grades result was at or above the state rate, though school results differ substantially. The clearest finding is that Woodlands leads the area in every reported subject.
Woodlands has the highest all-grades proficiency: 52% in English language arts (ELA), 67% in math and 62% in science—26, 42 and 32 percentage points above state rates, respectively. The gap between Woodlands and the lowest-scoring school is 26 points in ELA, 22 in math and 24 in science. Kildare has the lowest ELA result at 26%, equal to the state rate; McCord is lowest in math at 45% and, among schools with science scores, science at 38%, both still above state results. Grade-level results also reveal exceptions: Woodlands leads in five of seven comparisons, while Trout leads grade 4 ELA and McCord has the strongest grade 4 ELA result among the three schools with grade-level data.
Recent changes are mixed: from 2024–25 to 2025–26, Woodlands science rose 30 points, from 32% to 62%, and Trout ELA rose 9 points, while ELA fell at the other schools and math fell at McCord, Trout and Kildare. SchoolDigger ranks Woodlands 16th of 626 statewide and Trout 54th; McCord is 144th. School context does not follow a simple pattern: 2024–25 student-teacher ratios range from 11.2 at Kildare to 18.2 at Woodlands, and Woodlands leads despite the highest ratio. The shared low-income measure, free/reduced lunch eligible in 2024–25, ranges from 54% at McCord to 78% at Trout; these are comparisons, not explanations of results. All-grades scores cover different grade spans, and Kildare has no supplied grade-level results.
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