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Gus Winston Cain Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-5

214^th

SchoolDigger Rank ?

of 4,627 Texas Elementary Schools

Better than 95% of Texas elementary schools

Summary

Gus Winston Cain Elementary is a high-performing public school in Whitehouse, TX, serving 508 students from Pre-K through 5th grade as part of the top-rated Whitehouse Independent School District (Isd), which ranks in the 94th percentile statewide. This school has earned a 5-star rating from SchoolDigger for over a decade, consistently placing in the top 5% of Texas elementary schools with a current state ranking in the 95th percentile for the 2025-2026 school year.

What truly sets Gus Winston Cain Elementary apart is its exceptional ability to support all students, especially those who often face greater challenges. The school ranks in the 99th percentile for serving students from low socio-economic backgrounds, and in the 98th percentile for both special education students and African American students. This makes it a "value-add" powerhouse—over 52% of its students qualify for free or reduced lunch, yet the school achieves top-tier results that far exceed expectations. For example, in 5th grade math, Cain students achieved an 85.33% proficiency rate, compared to just 50.45% at H L Higgins Elementary and 52.07% at Mozelle Brown Elementary, both within the same district. This pattern holds across all subjects and grades, showing that Cain provides a uniformly excellent education.

Compared to nearby schools, Cain is in a completely different league. While schools like Clarkston Elementary (20th percentile) and Cumberland Academy Upper Elementary (8th percentile) struggle with proficiency rates often below 40%, Cain consistently outperforms them by wide margins. Within its own district, Cain has a friendly rivalry with Stanton-Smith Elementary, which ranks slightly higher in 5th grade, but Cain excels in building a strong foundation in 3rd and 4th grades. This decade-long track record of excellence demonstrates a deeply embedded culture of high achievement, making Gus Winston Cain Elementary an elite choice for families seeking a school that delivers outstanding results for every child.

508

Students ?

14.3

Student/teacher ratio ?

$9,007

Per pupil spending ?

52.2%

Free/discounted lunch ?

810 Hwy 110 S
Whitehouse, TX 75791

(903) 839-5600

District: Whitehouse Independent School District (Isd)

Students who attend Gus Winston Cain Elementary usually attend:

Middle:	J W Holloway Sixth Grade School
	Whitehouse J H
High:	Whitehouse High School

Racial breakdown:

White:

65.0%

Hispanic:

16.9%

African American:

11.8%

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At a glance

▬ Ranking trend: Holding steady — 97th percentile in 2016 → 95th in 2026

Strengths

✓Test scores above the Texas average (79% vs 51% meeting standards)

✓Ranks in the top 5% of Texas elementary schools

Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?

This school79%

District avg70%

Texas avg51%

214^th of 4,627

Texas public elementary schools ?

Top 5%▼ down 2 pts since 2016

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★★★★★

SchoolDigger rating ?

2^nd of 4Elementary Schools in the Whitehouse Independent School District (Isd)

55^th of 951Whitehouse 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

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	94.0	214 of 4627	95.4%	★★★★★
2025	95.6	165 of 4651	96.5%	★★★★★
2024	91.8	305 of 4710	93.5%	★★★★★
2023	93.7	233 of 4647	95.0%	★★★★★
2022	93.8	219 of 4581	95.2%	★★★★★
2021	91.6	332 of 4578	92.7%	★★★★★
2019	90.2	335 of 4479	92.5%	★★★★★
2018	92.3	273 of 4359	93.7%	★★★★★
2017	88.5	423 of 4329	90.2%	★★★★★
2016	91.7	119 of 4286	97.2%	★★★★★
2015	89.3	248 of 4320	94.3%	★★★★★
2014	83.4	541 of 4260	87.3%	★★★★☆
2013	87.6	313 of 4221	92.6%	★★★★★
2012	89.1	255 of 4206	93.9%	★★★★★
2011	81.5	401 of 4095	90.2%	★★★★★

African American

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	93.9	49 of 2406	98.0%	★★★★★
2025	89.1	93 of 1905	95.1%	★★★★★
2024	86.6	149 of 2443	93.9%	★★★★★
2023	54.6	920 of 2443	62.3%	★★★☆☆
2022	60.2	765 of 2421	68.4%	★★★☆☆
2021	59.4	749 of 2444	69.4%	★★★☆☆
2019	44.3	1369 of 2515	45.6%	★★☆☆☆
2018	91.7	99 of 2483	96.0%	★★★★★

At Risk

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2022	85.2	301 of 4461	93.3%	★★★★★
2021	83.8	284 of 4331	93.4%	★★★★★
2019	76.1	555 of 4295	87.1%	★★★★☆
2018	91.5	123 of 4240	97.1%	★★★★★

English Language Learner

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2025	87.8	234 of 2918	92.0%	★★★★★
2024	88.9	247 of 3668	93.3%	★★★★★
2023	96.5	40 of 3556	98.9%	★★★★★
2019	85.3	191 of 3333	94.3%	★★★★★
2018	93.4	53 of 3226	98.4%	★★★★★

Female

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	94.0	169 of 4575	96.3%	★★★★★
2025	95.5	101 of 3744	97.3%	★★★★★
2024	92.6	223 of 4658	95.2%	★★★★★
2023	94.0	171 of 4588	96.3%	★★★★★
2022	92.7	209 of 4561	95.4%	★★★★★
2021	92.8	238 of 4499	94.7%	★★★★★
2019	91.0	260 of 4348	94.0%	★★★★★
2018	92.6	227 of 4306	94.7%	★★★★★

Gifted and Talented

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	74.6	308 of 3075	90.0%	★★★★★
2025	77.3	78 of 2619	97.0%	★★★★★
2023	76.1	238 of 2980	92.0%	★★★★★
2022	77.4	204 of 2958	93.1%	★★★★★
2021	83.9	43 of 3006	98.6%	★★★★★
2019	69.2	879 of 3184	72.4%	★★★★☆
2018	71.5	759 of 3106	75.6%	★★★★☆

Hispanic

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	83.2	413 of 4413	90.6%	★★★★★
2025	86.6	256 of 3644	93.0%	★★★★★
2024	86.1	319 of 4465	92.9%	★★★★★
2023	87.7	281 of 4401	93.6%	★★★★★
2022	85.9	322 of 4376	92.6%	★★★★★
2021	85.7	340 of 4329	92.1%	★★★★★
2019	92.4	144 of 4188	96.6%	★★★★★
2018	83.2	385 of 4168	90.8%	★★★★★

Low Socio Economic Status

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	97.1	35 of 4520	99.2%	★★★★★
2025	97.9	31 of 3705	99.2%	★★★★★
2024	95.6	61 of 4594	98.7%	★★★★★
2023	94.8	66 of 4521	98.5%	★★★★★
2022	92.8	112 of 4477	97.5%	★★★★★
2021	85.0	274 of 4451	93.8%	★★★★★
2019	90.1	152 of 4309	96.5%	★★★★★
2018	89.9	156 of 4264	96.3%	★★★★★

Male

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	89.8	329 of 4582	92.8%	★★★★★
2025	92.4	203 of 3739	94.6%	★★★★★
2024	90.8	295 of 4647	93.7%	★★★★★
2023	91.2	283 of 4585	93.8%	★★★★★
2022	92.4	231 of 4563	94.9%	★★★★★
2021	88.3	409 of 4498	90.9%	★★★★★
2019	81.8	582 of 4357	86.6%	★★★★☆
2018	85.5	485 of 4319	88.8%	★★★★☆

Multi-racial

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2022	85.8	81 of 1004	91.9%	★★★★★
2019	27.3	888 of 1112	20.1%	★☆☆☆☆

Special Education

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	95.7	94 of 4301	97.8%	★★★★★
2025	98.0	29 of 3549	99.2%	★★★★★
2024	94.5	77 of 4292	98.2%	★★★★★
2023	87.7	227 of 4086	94.4%	★★★★★
2022	93.2	106 of 3952	97.3%	★★★★★
2021	88.9	160 of 3799	95.8%	★★★★★
2019	58.5	1007 of 3684	72.7%	★★★★☆
2018	95.7	46 of 3558	98.7%	★★★★★

White

Year	Avg score	Statewide rank	Texas percentile	Rating
2026	83.7	279 of 3006	90.7%	★★★★★
2025	89.0	113 of 2612	95.7%	★★★★★
2024	85.7	225 of 3108	92.8%	★★★★★
2023	88.6	148 of 3106	95.2%	★★★★★
2022	84.4	260 of 3082	91.6%	★★★★★
2021	80.7	353 of 3082	88.5%	★★★★☆
2019	80.7	394 of 3142	87.5%	★★★★☆
2018	81.9	375 of 3127	88.0%	★★★★☆

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)

Low Socio Economic Status (2026)99th percentile+4 vs school

African American (2026)98th percentile+3 vs school

Special Education (2026)98th percentile~ school

Female (2026)96th percentile~ school

At Risk (2022)93rd percentile~ school

Male (2026)93rd percentile-3 vs school

English Language Learner (2025)92nd percentile-4 vs school

Multi-racial (2022)92nd percentile-3 vs school

White (2026)91st percentile-5 vs school

Hispanic (2026)91st percentile-5 vs school

Gifted and Talented (2026)90th percentile-5 vs school

By subject vs Texas (2025-2026) ?

Mathematics82%+34 vs state

Reading76%+21 vs state

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by a parent
Monday, April 11, 2016

When we were shopping for a house, all the ratings sites had Cain as one of the best public elementary school in the Tyler Area, and the Cain-to-Whitehouse-High track as absolutely the best. What negative reviews there were were always about how the teachers were a bit too classical or a bit too conservative--good problems to have in our book! For example, Cain's perhaps the only school around where the kids learn cursive! We purchased less than a mile from Cain and haven't had any problems at all. Our kids test off the charts, and their education is miles ahead of our previous school five miles away, where they literally watched almost every movie that came out. Close Quote

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School													Students/Teachers											Ranking (2026)				Ranking (2025)				STAAR Reading (2026)			STAAR Mathematics (2026)			Per Pupil Expenditures (2024)
Name	Type	Grades	Address	City	Zip	County	District	Is Charter	Is Magnet	Is Virtual	Is Title I	Phone	Enrollment	Full-time Teachers	Student/ Teacher Ratio	Free/Discounted Lunch Recipients	White	Black	Hispanic	Asian	American Indian	Pacific Islander	Two or More Races	Average Standard Score (2026)	Statewide Rank (2026)	State Percentile (2026)	SchoolDigger Rating (2026)	Average Standard Score (2025)	Statewide Rank (2025)	State Percentile (2025)	Rank Change from Previous Year	STAAR Reading 3rd Grade	STAAR Reading 4th Grade	STAAR Reading 5th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 3rd Grade	STAAR Mathematics 4th Grade	STAAR Mathematics 5th Grade	Total
Gus Winston Cain Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	810 Hwy 110 S	Whitehouse	75791	Smith County	Whitehouse Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 839-5600	508	36	14.3	52.2%	330 (65.0%)	60 (11.8%)	86 (16.9%)	5 (1.0%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	25 (4.9%)	94	214^th of 4627 public elementary schools	95.4%		95.6	165^th of 4651 public elementary schools	96.5%	49	68.1	82.7	76.0	75.0	84.0	85.3	$9,007
H L Higgins Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	306 Bascom Rd	Whitehouse	75791	Smith County	Whitehouse Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 839-5580	597	40	14.8	48.4%	412 (69.0%)	42 (7.0%)	92 (15.4%)	13 (2.2%)	1 (0.2%)	2 (0.3%)	35 (5.9%)	79.2	782^nd of 4627 public elementary schools	83.1%		80	748^th of 4651 public elementary schools	83.9%	34	68.4	71.7	63.1	64.2	76.1	50.5	$8,139
Stanton-Smith Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	500 Zavala Trl	Whitehouse	75791	Smith County	Whitehouse Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 839-5730	486	35	14.0	42.0%	316 (65.0%)	50 (10.3%)	67 (13.8%)	17 (3.5%)	2 (0.4%)	0 (0.0%)	34 (7.0%)	95.2	164^th of 4627 public elementary schools	96.5%		97.2	95^th of 4651 public elementary schools	98.0%	69	78.0	69.3	89.3	79.1	79.3	85.9	$8,489
Mozelle Brown Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	14600 C R 2191	Whitehouse	75791	Smith County	Whitehouse Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 839-5610	575	43	13.5	53.7%	296 (51.5%)	107 (18.6%)	102 (17.7%)	32 (5.6%)	2 (0.3%)	3 (0.5%)	33 (5.7%)	73.6	995^th of 4627 public elementary schools	78.5%		77.7	847^th of 4651 public elementary schools	81.8%	148	67.3	57.3	62.0	56.6	74.4	52.1	$8,479
Cumberland Academy Lower Elementary	Public, Charter	PK, KG-2	1340 Shiloh Rd	Tyler	75703	Smith County	Cumberland Academy	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 405-1318	459	35	12.9	59.3%	168 (36.6%)	106 (23.1%)	136 (29.6%)	9 (2.0%)	0 (0.0%)	1 (0.2%)	39 (8.5%)								(n/a)							$10,656
Cumberland Academy Upper Elementary	Public, Charter	3-5	1040 Shiloh Rd	Tyler	75703	Smith County	Cumberland Academy	Yes	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 405-1381	392	30	13.1	46.4%	137 (34.9%)	104 (26.5%)	125 (31.9%)	11 (2.8%)	1 (0.3%)	0 (0.0%)	14 (3.6%)	15.3	4277^th of 4627 public elementary schools	7.6%		10	4481^st of 4651 public elementary schools	3.7%	204	35.3	32.6	33.7	25.9	32.6	22.8	$8,190
Dr Bryan C Jack Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	1900 Balsam Gap Ln	Tyler	75703	Smith County	Tyler Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 262-3260	706	40	17.5	45.5%	346 (49.0%)	126 (17.8%)	134 (19.0%)	53 (7.5%)	0 (0.0%)	0 (0.0%)	47 (6.7%)	76.2	897^th of 4627 public elementary schools	80.6%		69.8	1145^th of 4651 public elementary schools	75.4%	248	57.3	64.7	70.4	60.2	57.1	60.0	$8,146
Rice Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	5215 Old Bullard Rd	Tyler	75703	Smith County	Tyler Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 262-2555	613	39	15.7	61.0%	249 (40.6%)	170 (27.7%)	115 (18.8%)	24 (3.9%)	1 (0.2%)	1 (0.2%)	53 (8.6%)	33	3226^th of 4627 public elementary schools	30.3%		52.9	1969^th of 4651 public elementary schools	57.7%	1257	34.7	47.7	54.9	26.7	38.9	42.7	$8,607
Troup Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	201 E Bryant St	Troup	75789	Smith County	Troup Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 842-3071	498	38	13.2	58.0%	374 (75.1%)	30 (6.0%)	61 (12.2%)	4 (0.8%)	3 (0.6%)	0 (0.0%)	26 (5.2%)	42.7	2536^th of 4627 public elementary schools	45.2%		61.2	1519^th of 4651 public elementary schools	67.3%	1017	49.3	44.6	63.4	42.5	36.1	36.1	$8,989
Clarkston Elementary	Public	PK, KG-5	2915 Williamsburg	Tyler	75701	Smith County	Tyler Independent School District (Isd)	No	No	(n/a)	Yes	(903) 262-1980	394	28	13.9	76.9%	116 (29.4%)	149 (37.8%)	82 (20.8%)	9 (2.3%)	2 (0.5%)	0 (0.0%)	36 (9.1%)	26.2	3679^th of 4627 public elementary schools	20.5%		27.7	3570^th of 4651 public elementary schools	23.2%	109	28.0	34.9	55.4	32.0	38.1	30.8	$10,484

Frequently Asked Questions about Gus Winston Cain Elementary

How many students attend Gus Winston Cain Elementary?

In the 2024-25 school year, 508 students attended Gus Winston Cain Elementary.

Is Gus Winston Cain Elementary a good school?

Yes! Gus Winston Cain Elementary is one of the best elementary schools in the state. It ranks 214^th of 4627 Texas elementary schools.

What is the racial makeup of Gus Winston Cain Elementary?

Students at Gus Winston Cain Elementary are 65% White, 17% Hispanic, 12% African American, 5% Two or more races.

What district is Gus Winston Cain Elementary in?

Whitehouse Independent School District (Isd)

What schools do graduates of Gus Winston Cain Elementary attend?

Students who attend Gus Winston Cain Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : J W Holloway Sixth Grade School
Middle : Whitehouse J H
High : Whitehouse High School

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