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Burgess Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-5
4248th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 4,651 Texas Elementary Schools
Better than 9% of Texas elementary schools
Summary

Burgess Elementary is a public elementary school in Wichita Falls, Texas, serving 376 students in grades PK-5. The school is part of the Wichita Falls Independent School District (WFISD), which is ranked 619 out of 961 districts in the state and has a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger.

Burgess Elementary consistently ranks in the bottom 10% of Texas elementary schools, with a statewide ranking between 4,200-4,600 out of around 4,600 schools. The school's performance on STAAR tests is significantly below the district and state averages across all grade levels and subjects. For example, in the 2024-2025 school year, only 20.69% of 3rd graders at Burgess Elementary were proficient or better in STAAR Reading, compared to 44.16% for the district and 52.02% for the state. Burgess Elementary also has a very high percentage of economically disadvantaged students, with over 92% qualifying for free or reduced-price lunch in recent years.

When comparing Burgess Elementary to other nearby schools, the academic performance gap is quite stark. For instance, Crockett Elementary and Sheppard AFB Elementary, both within the WFISD, significantly outperform Burgess Elementary on STAAR tests, with proficiency rates that are 20-30 percentage points higher. This suggests that the challenges faced by Burgess Elementary are not necessarily shared by all schools in the district, and there may be opportunities to learn from the practices and strategies of higher-performing schools.

345
Students ?
12.7
Student/teacher ratio ?
$10,455
Per pupil spending ?
87.5%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 3106 Maurine St
       Wichita Falls, TX  76305-2503

(940) 235-1136

District: Wichita Falls Independent School District (Isd)

Racial breakdown:

African American:
33.0%
Hispanic:
32.2%
White:
23.2%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Improving — 2nd percentile in 2015 → 9th in 2025
Strengths
Ranking is trending up — up 7 percentile points since 2015
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Texas average (25% vs 47% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (9th percentile)
!Reading scores 27 pts below the Texas average
Students meeting standards (2024-2025) ?
This school25%
District avg40%
Texas avg47%
4,248th of 4,651
Texas public elementary schools ?
Bottom 9%▲ up 7 pts since 2015
From bottom 2% (2015) to bottom 9% (2025)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
11th of 14Elementary Schools in the Wichita Falls Independent School District (Isd)
619th of 961Wichita Falls 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
202515.74248 of 46518.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202415.34304 of 47108.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20236.54565 of 46471.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202214.34230 of 45817.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202135.32824 of 457838.3%★★☆☆☆
201911.84281 of 44794.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201814.54081 of 43596.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20178.54227 of 43292.4%☆☆☆☆☆
20162.04257 of 42860.7%☆☆☆☆☆
20155.24242 of 43201.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201412.04072 of 42604.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201318.03864 of 42218.5%☆☆☆☆☆
201231.13374 of 420619.8%★☆☆☆☆
201117.13812 of 40956.9%☆☆☆☆☆
201025.03460 of 393712.1%★☆☆☆☆
200943.22584 of 388433.5%★★☆☆☆
200835.52881 of 376823.5%★☆☆☆☆
200724.53265 of 372412.3%★☆☆☆☆
200628.92896 of 347616.7%★☆☆☆☆
200520.33158 of 34759.1%☆☆☆☆☆
200425.73013 of 346513.0%★☆☆☆☆

African American

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202516.81783 of 19056.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202429.61900 of 244322.2%★☆☆☆☆
202319.42221 of 24439.1%☆☆☆☆☆
202227.91959 of 242119.1%★☆☆☆☆
202150.01047 of 244457.2%★★★☆☆
201925.62122 of 251515.6%★☆☆☆☆
201823.42151 of 248313.4%★☆☆☆☆

At Risk

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202224.63820 of 446114.4%★☆☆☆☆
202141.22483 of 433142.7%★★☆☆☆
201923.63785 of 429511.9%★☆☆☆☆
201829.03438 of 424018.9%★☆☆☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
201826.22751 of 322614.7%★☆☆☆☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202518.73335 of 374410.9%★☆☆☆☆
202419.34119 of 465811.6%★☆☆☆☆
20238.04507 of 45881.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202213.34306 of 45615.6%☆☆☆☆☆
202148.32128 of 449952.7%★★★☆☆
201913.34148 of 43484.6%☆☆☆☆☆
201811.34182 of 43062.9%☆☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202531.92723 of 364425.3%★☆☆☆☆
202411.94311 of 44653.4%☆☆☆☆☆
202312.34240 of 44013.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202215.74116 of 43765.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202146.92137 of 432950.6%★★★☆☆
201920.53804 of 41889.2%☆☆☆☆☆
201817.53910 of 41686.2%☆☆☆☆☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202524.33171 of 370514.4%★☆☆☆☆
202421.94058 of 459411.7%★☆☆☆☆
20237.74453 of 45211.5%☆☆☆☆☆
202219.44066 of 44779.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202145.32363 of 445146.9%★★☆☆☆
201919.43988 of 43097.4%☆☆☆☆☆
201824.13718 of 426412.8%★☆☆☆☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202518.83325 of 373911.1%★☆☆☆☆
202417.04220 of 46479.2%☆☆☆☆☆
20236.84499 of 45851.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202217.54109 of 45639.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202125.83473 of 449822.8%★☆☆☆☆
201913.24147 of 43574.8%☆☆☆☆☆
201823.53641 of 431915.7%★☆☆☆☆

Multi-racial

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20258.6940 of 9753.6%☆☆☆☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202540.22125 of 354940.1%★★☆☆☆
202433.23057 of 429228.8%★☆☆☆☆
202322.83619 of 408611.4%★☆☆☆☆
202223.83461 of 395212.4%★☆☆☆☆
202138.32165 of 379943.0%★★☆☆☆
201941.41953 of 368447.0%★★☆☆☆
201846.81594 of 355855.2%★★★☆☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202525.92162 of 261217.2%★☆☆☆☆
202416.02861 of 31087.9%☆☆☆☆☆
20233.83082 of 31060.8%☆☆☆☆☆
202219.02750 of 308210.8%★☆☆☆☆
202116.32816 of 30828.6%☆☆☆☆☆
20196.33100 of 31421.3%☆☆☆☆☆
201824.42630 of 312715.9%★☆☆☆☆
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)
Special Education (2025)40th percentile+31 vs school
Hispanic (2025)25th percentile+17 vs school
White (2025)17th percentile+9 vs school
English Language Learner (2018)15th percentile+8 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2025)14th percentile+6 vs school
At Risk (2022)14th percentile+7 vs school
Male (2025)11th percentile~ school
Female (2025)11th percentile~ school
African American (2025)6th percentile~ school
Multi-racial (2025)4th percentile-5 vs school
By subject vs Texas (2024-2025) ?
Reading27%-27 vs state
Mathematics27%-19 vs state
Science15%-15 vs state

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Students who attend Burgess Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Hirschi Middle

In the 2024-25 school year, 345 students attended Burgess Elementary.

Students at Burgess Elementary are 33% African American, 32% Hispanic, 23% White, 10% Two or more races.

Burgess Elementary ranks in the bottom 8.7% of Texas elementary schools.


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