Elementary Schools in Livingston Independent School District (Isd)

The Livingston Independent School District (Isd) in Texas oversees four elementary-level schools, including three traditional elementary schools (Grades 1-5) and one primary school (Pine Ridge Pri) serving Pre-K through Kindergarten, with the district ranking in the 39th percentile statewide and serving a high-poverty population.

Among the three tested elementary schools, Timber Creek Elementary stands out as the top performer, consistently ranking in the 65th to 68th percentile statewide and excelling in Mathematics, with 5th-grade Math scores 20 points above the state average. Cedar Grove Elementary is the most improved school, having jumped to the 76th percentile in 2024-2025 and earning a 4-star rating, while leading the district in Reading across all tested grades. In contrast, Creekside Elementary is the lowest-performing school, consistently ranking below the 40th percentile, with critically low 5th-grade Science scores at 16.48% proficient. Pine Ridge Pri has no standardized test scores due to its Pre-K and Kindergarten-only configuration, making it impossible to assess its academic standing, though it has the lowest student-teacher ratio (15.5:1) and highest per-student spending ($10,928).

A key finding is the dramatic "5th Grade Math Cliff," where Cedar Grove and Creekside saw sharp declines in 5th-grade Math proficiency between school years, dropping by 22.48 and 12.34 points respectively, while Timber Creek bucked this trend with a significant increase. Science is a district-wide weakness, with all schools scoring below the state average except Cedar Grove, which slightly exceeded it. Notably, Timber Creek outperforms despite having a higher poverty rate than Cedar Grove, suggesting that factors like effective teaching and strong leadership drive its success. Additionally, spending does not correlate with performance, as the lowest-performing school (Creekside) has higher per-student spending than the top-performing Timber Creek, indicating resource allocation and instructional quality matter more than raw expenditure.