Summary:
Poth, Texas is home to a single elementary school, Poth Elementary, which serves grades PK through 5 with 455 students and is part of the highly-rated Poth Independent School District (Isd), a district that ranks in the top 10% of all Texas school districts.
Poth Elementary is a strong academic performer that consistently beats the state average in nearly every subject and grade level. The school's biggest strength is mathematics, where 5th graders achieved a 70.83% proficiency rate in the most recent school year—a full 23 percentage points above the state average. Overall, the school averages 58.83% proficiency in math across grades 3-5, compared to the state's 47.00%. Reading scores are also above average, though more inconsistent; 4th grade reading (55.13%) barely exceeded the state average, suggesting a potential area for focus. A notable concern is 5th grade science, which at 48.19% proficiency is the school's lowest subject score, despite still being well above the state average of 29.57%. The school operates efficiently with a student-teacher ratio of 13.5:1 and per-student spending of $9,417, achieving these results without exceptionally high costs.
Despite strong test scores, the school's state ranking has shown some volatility. It dropped from the 82nd percentile (rank 840) in the 2024-2025 school year to the 76th percentile (rank 1,107) in the 2025-2026 school year—a decline of 267 spots. This decline is not due to falling scores (3rd grade reading actually improved), but because other schools across Texas are improving at a faster rate. With 32.97% of students economically disadvantaged, Poth Elementary remains a solid 4-star school that provides a strong educational foundation, particularly in math, while facing increasing competition from peers statewide.
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