Summary:
The Spurger Independent School District (Isd) is home to a single elementary school, Spurger Elementary, which serves grades PK through 6 with a modest enrollment of 235 students. Located in a rural area with a high poverty rate—62.98% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch—the school offers a favorable student-teacher ratio of 11.3:1, yet its academic performance is a mixed bag of strengths and weaknesses compared to state averages.
Spurger Elementary shows notable volatility across grade levels and subjects. In the most recent 2025-2026 data, math performance exceeded the state average in 5th grade (48% vs. 47.38%) and 6th grade (40.74% vs. 38.57%), but lagged in 3rd and 4th grades. Reading scores consistently fell below state averages, with the largest gap in 6th grade (42.31% vs. 53.52%). The school’s state percentile ranking has fluctuated, dropping from the 47th percentile in 2023-2024 to the 36th in 2024-2025, then rebounding to the 45th in 2025-2026, earning a 2-star rating each year. The district itself ranks 463 out of 951 in Texas (51st percentile) with a 3-star rating.
The most critical finding is a crisis in science: only 8.33% of 5th graders were proficient in 2024-2025, compared to the state average of 29.57%. This 21-point gap demands urgent intervention. Meanwhile, the 5th grade cohort shows extreme swings—math proficiency plummeted from 48% to 25% between 2025-2026 and 2024-2025, while reading improved from 41.67% to 56% in the same period. Despite a low student-teacher ratio, the school’s persistent underperformance suggests challenges stem from instructional quality or socioeconomic factors rather than class size. For parents, Spurger Elementary offers promise in math but requires close attention to reading and science support.
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