Summary:
The Comanche Independent School District (Isd) is served by a single elementary school, Comanche Elementary, which educates 658 students in grades PK-5 and operates with a favorable student-teacher ratio of 13.6:1, though nearly 60% of its students are economically disadvantaged.
Comanche Elementary shows a clear "5th Grade Effect," where its oldest students significantly outperform both younger grades and state averages. In the 2024-2025 school year, 5th graders achieved a 62.64% reading proficiency rate (above the state's 57.83%) and a 52.75% math proficiency rate (above the state's 46.24%). The school's most impressive result was in 5th grade science, where 46.15% of students were proficient—a remarkable 56% higher than the state average of 29.57%. However, this strength contrasts with persistent challenges in early-grade mathematics, where 3rd and 4th grade proficiency rates (35.78% and 33.33%) lagged more than 10 percentage points behind state averages. The school's overall state ranking has also slipped, dropping from the 55th percentile (3 stars) in 2023-2024 to a projected 39th percentile (2 stars) for 2025-2026.
The most critical takeaway for parents is the projected decline for the 2025-2026 school year, which threatens to erase the school's recent gains. Projections show 5th grade reading dropping from 62.64% to 48.42% and 5th grade math falling from 52.75% to 45.26%, with similar declines across all subjects and grades. While the school benefits from a low student-teacher ratio and per-student spending of $9,966, these resources may not be optimally deployed to address the specific weakness in early-grade mathematics. The data suggests that Comanche Elementary has pockets of excellence, particularly in 5th grade, but faces a concerning downward trend that warrants close attention from the district and parents alike.
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