Elementary Schools in Roscoe Collegiate Independent School District (Isd)

The Roscoe Collegiate Independent School District (Isd) includes three elementary-level schools serving grades Pre-K through 8, but the district is overwhelmingly dominated by the massive Lone Star Online Academy, which enrolls nearly 12,000 students. In stark contrast, Roscoe Elementary is a small, traditional brick-and-mortar school with just 179 students, and Roscoe Collegiate Montessori Early Childhood serves only 84 students in Pre-K through Kindergarten.

The standout school is clearly Roscoe Elementary, which achieves strong academic results despite over half its students being economically disadvantaged. In 3rd-grade Math, 72.97% of its students were proficient—nearly seven times the district average of 10.61%—and its 4th-grade Reading proficiency of 68.89% exceeded the state average of 53.04%. The school has also shown rapid improvement, jumping from the 33rd percentile (2 stars) to the 74th percentile (4 stars) in just three years. It benefits from a low student-teacher ratio of 10.4:1 and high per-pupil spending of $23,694. Meanwhile, the Lone Star Online Academy performs drastically below state averages across all subjects, with single-digit proficiency rates in Math for every grade level and a 6.1% dropout rate for 2023-2024. The Montessori Early Childhood school has no test score data, as expected for its grade range.

The most important takeaway for parents is that the district's overall ranking (24th percentile, 1 star) is misleading because it is dragged down by the online academy's poor performance. Roscoe Elementary is actually a high-performing school that competes with and often exceeds state averages, making it a strong choice for families seeking a traditional classroom environment. However, the online academy's systemic struggles suggest significant challenges with its virtual learning model. Data gaps for the online academy's free/reduced lunch percentage and student-teacher ratio limit a full comparison, but the contrast between the two brick-and-mortar schools and the online academy is stark.