Summary
Central Elementary is a PK-5 public school in Lewisville, TX, serving 573 students within the Lewisville Independent School District (Isd), and it faces significant academic challenges, with over 95% of its students qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch—the highest poverty concentration among nearby elementary schools.
Central Elementary’s academic performance is persistently low, ranking in the 10th percentile statewide for the 2025-2026 school year, a slight improvement from recent years but still critically low. For example, in 5th grade math, only 13% of Central students scored proficient, compared to the district average of 55%, a gap of 42 percentage points. Nearby Creekside Elementary, just 1.8 miles away, ranks in the 71st percentile, showing that a school’s fate is not determined solely by its location. However, Central does show a notable strength in serving its Special Education students, who ranked in the 64th percentile statewide in 2024-2025, a bright spot in an otherwise challenging picture. In contrast, performance for English Language Learners has plummeted to the 2nd percentile in 2025-2026, a critical red flag.
The school spends $12,792 per student, higher than most nearby schools like Southridge Elementary ($11,422) and Lakeland Elementary ($11,399), indicating the district is allocating extra resources to address its challenges. Despite this investment, outcomes remain low, highlighting the deep-seated obstacles Central must overcome. While there is a slight upward trend from a 1st percentile ranking in 2017-2018 to the current 10th percentile, progress is fragile, and the school remains in the bottom 10% of Texas elementary schools.
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