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Red Rock Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-5
4514th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 4,627 Texas Elementary Schools
Better than 2% of Texas elementary schools
Summary

Red Rock Elementary in Red Rock, TX, is a PK-5 school in the Bastrop Independent School District (Isd) serving 777 students in a rural community where about 87% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, a rate significantly higher than many nearby schools.

Red Rock Elementary has faced persistent academic challenges, ranking in the bottom 2% of Texas elementary schools in recent years. Proficiency rates on state tests are well below district and state averages, with critical gaps in early reading and science. For example, only 21.6% of 3rd graders were proficient in reading, compared to 51.1% statewide, and just 6.8% of 5th graders were proficient in science. However, there is a notable bright spot: 4th grade math proficiency reached 34.5% in the 2025-2026 school year, actually exceeding the district average. This suggests a specific instructional approach or teacher may be making a difference, though it is an outlier compared to previous years. The school's performance has declined steadily over the past decade, from the 30th percentile to the 2nd percentile, a steeper drop than similar high-poverty schools like Cedar Creek Elementary and Camino Real Elementary, which have been consistently low.

Despite these challenges, Red Rock is not alone in its struggles, and there are examples of success to learn from. Plum Creek Elementary in Lockhart Independent School District (Isd) has a nearly identical poverty rate (85.6%) but ranks in the 61st percentile, with proficiency rates often double or triple those of Red Rock. This shows that high poverty does not have to mean low performance. The most urgent priorities for Red Rock should be addressing early literacy and science instruction, while investigating what works at higher-performing, demographically similar schools to replicate their success.

777
Students ?
15.4
Student/teacher ratio ?
$7,613
Per pupil spending ?
87.4%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 2401 Fm 20
       Red Rock, TX  78662

(512) 772-7660

District: Bastrop Independent School District (Isd)


Students who attend Red Rock Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Cedar Creek Intermediate
    Cedar Creek Middle
High:    Cedar Creek High School
Racial breakdown:

Hispanic:
85.7%
White:
13.1%
African American:
0.6%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Declining — 30th percentile in 2016 → 2nd in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Texas average (24% vs 51% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (2nd percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 28 percentile points since 2016
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school24%
District avg31%
Texas avg51%
4,514th of 4,627
Texas public elementary schools ?
Bottom 2%▼ down 27 pts since 2016
From bottom 30% (2016) to bottom 2% (2026)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
5th of 8Elementary Schools in the Bastrop Independent School District (Isd)
800th of 951Bastrop Independent School District (Isd) among Texas districts
Statewide rank percentile over time (100 = the top-ranked school in the state; click a legend item to add a student group)
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All Students

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20269.24514 of 46272.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20257.24562 of 46511.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202410.44523 of 47104.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202322.93828 of 464717.6%★☆☆☆☆
202219.73963 of 458113.5%★☆☆☆☆
202116.54114 of 457810.1%★☆☆☆☆
201915.84116 of 44798.1%☆☆☆☆☆
201826.33437 of 435921.2%★☆☆☆☆
201732.23017 of 432930.3%★★☆☆☆
201636.03012 of 428629.7%★☆☆☆☆
201530.63309 of 432023.4%★☆☆☆☆
201432.03303 of 426022.5%★☆☆☆☆
201341.42796 of 422133.8%★★☆☆☆
201238.42976 of 420629.2%★☆☆☆☆
201147.52557 of 409537.6%★★☆☆☆
201046.22528 of 393735.8%★★☆☆☆
200939.82743 of 388429.4%★☆☆☆☆
200837.32793 of 376825.9%★☆☆☆☆
200748.22290 of 372438.5%★★☆☆☆
200651.71968 of 347643.4%★★☆☆☆
200553.11873 of 347546.1%★★☆☆☆
200460.61469 of 346557.6%★★★☆☆

At Risk

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202230.23497 of 446121.6%★☆☆☆☆
202119.94055 of 43316.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201927.63552 of 429517.3%★☆☆☆☆
201831.93250 of 424023.3%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202510.82845 of 29182.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202417.03402 of 36687.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202325.62989 of 355615.9%★☆☆☆☆
202219.03226 of 34877.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202118.33265 of 34465.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201920.33070 of 33337.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201823.62854 of 322611.5%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202610.04450 of 45752.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20259.93629 of 37443.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202413.84394 of 46585.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202326.73625 of 458821.0%★☆☆☆☆
202221.13948 of 456113.4%★☆☆☆☆
202114.34264 of 44995.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201917.14001 of 43488.0%☆☆☆☆☆
201826.23467 of 430619.5%★☆☆☆☆

Gifted and Talented

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202614.72964 of 30753.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202513.82486 of 26195.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202330.02546 of 298014.6%★☆☆☆☆
202220.42691 of 29589.0%☆☆☆☆☆
202131.72299 of 300623.5%★☆☆☆☆
201925.22810 of 318411.7%★☆☆☆☆
201834.82490 of 310619.8%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20269.34340 of 44131.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20259.03576 of 36441.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202413.34276 of 44654.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202321.43888 of 440111.7%★☆☆☆☆
202217.34060 of 43767.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202114.24177 of 43293.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201914.54026 of 41883.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201822.63667 of 416812.0%★☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202613.14365 of 45203.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20259.53640 of 37051.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202414.14382 of 45944.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202323.53913 of 452113.4%★☆☆☆☆
202221.93954 of 447711.7%★☆☆☆☆
202118.74098 of 44517.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201919.53984 of 43097.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201830.93324 of 426422.0%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202611.04433 of 45823.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202511.73572 of 37394.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202415.64293 of 46477.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202321.33933 of 458514.2%★☆☆☆☆
202221.03926 of 456314.0%★☆☆☆☆
202120.83827 of 449814.9%★☆☆☆☆
201918.23937 of 43579.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201828.23361 of 431922.2%★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202618.24114 of 43014.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202533.92486 of 354930.0%★☆☆☆☆
202420.83813 of 429211.2%★☆☆☆☆
202338.72401 of 408641.2%★★☆☆☆
202232.12865 of 395227.5%★☆☆☆☆
202121.63431 of 37999.7%☆☆☆☆☆
201925.93126 of 368415.1%★☆☆☆☆
201833.72457 of 355830.9%★★☆☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202631.42305 of 300623.3%★☆☆☆☆
202529.62055 of 261221.3%★☆☆☆☆
202423.72640 of 310815.1%★☆☆☆☆
202350.61591 of 310648.8%★★☆☆☆
202248.51654 of 308246.3%★★☆☆☆
202133.42215 of 308228.1%★☆☆☆☆
201937.62141 of 314231.9%★★☆☆☆
201841.71913 of 312738.8%★★☆☆☆
How student groups rank statewide ? (each group's percentile vs the same group at other schools — higher is better; the +/- beside each compares the group with this school's overall percentile)
White (2026)23rd percentile+21 vs school
At Risk (2022)22nd percentile+8 vs school
Special Education (2026)4th percentile~ school
Gifted and Talented (2026)4th percentile~ school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)3rd percentile~ school
Male (2026)3rd percentile~ school
Female (2026)3rd percentile~ school
English Language Learner (2025)3rd percentile~ school
Hispanic (2026)2nd percentile~ school
By subject vs Texas (2025-2026) ?
Reading25%-30 vs state
Mathematics23%-24 vs state

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Students who attend Red Rock Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Cedar Creek Intermediate
Middle : Cedar Creek Middle
High : Cedar Creek High School

Red Rock Elementary ranks in the bottom 2.4% of Texas elementary schools.

Students at Red Rock Elementary are 86% Hispanic, 13% White.

In the 2024-25 school year, 777 students attended Red Rock Elementary.

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2025–26 STAAR, STAAR EOC & STAAR Spanish test scoresJun 12, 2026
2021–22 through 2023–24 school spending dataJan 10, 2026
2023–24 dropout rates & graduation ratesSep 17, 2025
2024–25 STAAR EOC & STAAR Spanish test scoresJun 23, 2025


SchoolDigger data sources: National Center for Education Statistics, U.S. Department of Education, the U.S. Census Bureau and the Texas Education Agency.

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