Summary:
The Arp Independent School District (Isd) is served by a single elementary school, Arp Elementary, which educates 455 students in grades PK through 5 in a small, rural Texas community where 58.9% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.
Arp Elementary shows a mixed performance profile when compared to state averages. The school's strongest area is 3rd Grade Reading, where 58.18% of students were proficient in 2025-2026, outperforming the state by 7.1 percentage points. However, this early success does not carry through to upper grades. The school struggles significantly in 4th Grade Mathematics, with only 31.82% proficiency—17.46 points below the state average—and consistently underperforms in 4th and 5th Grade Reading by 10-18 points. A notable bright spot is 5th Grade Science, where 34.78% proficiency exceeded the state average by 5.21 points. Overall, the school's average proficiency in Reading (49.73%) and Math (40.95%) for grades 3-5 trails the state by 4.47 and 6.05 points, respectively.
The data reveals a sharp performance drop between 3rd and 4th grade, suggesting a potential challenge with curriculum transition or instruction at that level. The school's state ranking has improved slightly from the 40th to the 44th percentile over three years, but this progress is fragile as upper-grade scores have declined. With a student-teacher ratio of 14.9:1 and per-student spending of $10,658 (below the state average), targeted investment in 4th grade instruction—particularly in math and reading—could offer the highest return for improving overall school performance.
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