Summary:
The Schertz-Cibolo-U City Independent School District (Isd) is home to eight elementary schools serving grades PK through 4, with enrollments ranging from 500 to 861 students, and the district as a whole ranks in the 48th percentile among Texas school districts.
Among these schools, Green Valley Elementary stands out as the top performer, achieving a 4-star rating and ranking in the 73rd percentile statewide for the 2025-2026 school year, a remarkable 29-percentile-point improvement from two years prior. Norma J Paschal Elementary is a consistent high achiever, maintaining a 3-star rating for three consecutive years and outperforming the district in all tested subjects. In contrast, Rose Garden Elementary is the lowest-performing school, ranking in the 14th percentile with a 1-star rating. Schertz Elementary faces the highest socioeconomic challenge, with 66.21% of students eligible for free or reduced lunch, nearly double the rate of the next highest school. Spending per student varies from $7,996 at John A Sippel Elementary to $9,999 at Schertz Elementary, while student-teacher ratios range from 12.2:1 at Schertz to 14.7:1 at Sippel.
A key finding is that higher spending does not guarantee better performance; the two highest-spending schools, Schertz and Rose Garden, are the lowest-performing, while lower-spending schools like Cibolo Valley Elementary and Sippel are mid-to-high performers. Mathematics is a district-wide weakness, with only Paschal and Green Valley meeting the state average in 4th-grade Math. The comparison between Schertz and Green Valley is particularly telling: despite Schertz having higher spending and a lower student-teacher ratio, Green Valley’s much lower rate of economic disadvantage (32.6% vs. 66.21%) correlates with its superior academic ranking, highlighting that factors like school culture and instructional quality are more decisive than resources alone.
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