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Wolfe City Elementary

Public Grades PK, KG-5
3634th
SchoolDigger Rank ?
of 4,627 Texas Elementary Schools
Better than 21% of Texas elementary schools
Summary

Wolfe City Elementary is a small PK-5 school in Wolfe City, TX, serving 329 students as part of the Wolfe City Independent School District (Isd), which is ranked in the top 59% of Texas districts.

Wolfe City Elementary has experienced a sharp and concerning decline in recent years. After performing solidly, often meeting or exceeding state averages, the school’s overall state ranking plummeted from the 64th percentile in 2022-2023 to the 21st percentile in 2025-2026. This is a much steeper drop than nearby schools like Bland Elementary and Trenton Elementary, which have remained consistently higher-performing. The most alarming academic trend is in mathematics: 4th grade math proficiency fell from an impressive 59.62% in 2023-2024 to just 15.38% in 2025-2026, a rate even lower than Fannindel Elementary, a school ranked in the bottom 3% of the state. This decline is not limited to one group; the school is now performing in the bottom 10% of the state for White Students, Special Education Students, and Low Socio-Economic Status Students, suggesting a systemic issue.

Several factors may be contributing to this downturn. The student-teacher ratio has risen from 12.8 to 17.3 over the past few years, the highest among all nearby schools and coinciding directly with the academic decline. While the school’s per-student spending ($11,915) is higher than that of high-performing peers like Bland Elementary ($11,409) and Trenton Elementary ($8,636), its recent outcomes are more aligned with lower-performing, higher-spending schools. This suggests the issue may not be a lack of funding, but rather how resources are allocated or the effectiveness of instructional strategies. Wolfe City Elementary is at a critical juncture, and its leadership must urgently diagnose the root causes of this rapid decline to reverse the trend.

329
Students ?
17.3
Student/teacher ratio ?
$9,330
Per pupil spending ?
68.1%
Free/discounted lunch ?
 501 W Dallas St
       Wolfe City, TX  75496-0607

(903) 496-2032

District: Wolfe City Independent School District (Isd)


Students who attend Wolfe City Elementary usually attend:

Middle:    Wolfe City Middle
High:    Wolfe City High School
Racial breakdown:

White:
67.8%
Hispanic:
25.8%
Two or more races:
3.3%
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At a glance
Ranking trend: Declining — 57th percentile in 2016 → 21st in 2026
Worth a look
!Test scores below the Texas average (36% vs 51% meeting standards)
!In the lower quartile statewide (21st percentile)
!Ranking has slipped — down 36 percentile points since 2016
Students meeting standards (2025-2026) ?
This school36%
District avg36%
Texas avg51%
3,634th of 4,627
Texas public elementary schools ?
Bottom 21%▼ down 36 pts since 2016
From top 43% (2016) to bottom 21% (2026)
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SchoolDigger rating ?
390th of 951Wolfe City 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
202626.93634 of 462721.5%★☆☆☆☆
202537.42962 of 465136.3%★★☆☆☆
202455.51849 of 471060.7%★★★☆☆
202358.21696 of 464763.5%★★★☆☆
202246.02369 of 458148.3%★★☆☆☆
202172.31017 of 457877.8%★★★★☆
201971.51007 of 447977.5%★★★★☆
201854.71748 of 435959.9%★★★☆☆
201740.52487 of 432942.6%★★☆☆☆
201659.11823 of 428657.5%★★★☆☆
201553.02165 of 432049.9%★★☆☆☆
201478.4801 of 426081.2%★★★★☆
201387.0348 of 422191.8%★★★★★
201277.0793 of 420681.1%★★★★☆
201183.4268 of 409593.5%★★★★★
201079.4497 of 393787.4%★★★★☆
200986.7103 of 388497.3%★★★★★
200883.2301 of 376892.0%★★★★★
200774.4781 of 372479.0%★★★★☆
200684.2211 of 347693.9%★★★★★
200574.2742 of 347578.6%★★★★☆
200481.4352 of 346589.8%★★★★☆

At Risk

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202226.83690 of 446117.3%★☆☆☆☆
202162.01105 of 433174.5%★★★★☆
201970.5775 of 429582.0%★★★★☆
201848.22064 of 424051.3%★★★☆☆

English Language Learner

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202528.42285 of 291821.7%★☆☆☆☆
202459.51193 of 366867.5%★★★☆☆
202349.81682 of 355652.7%★★★☆☆
202233.62575 of 348726.2%★☆☆☆☆
202156.81135 of 344667.1%★★★☆☆
201967.1755 of 333377.3%★★★★☆

Female

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202625.83697 of 457519.2%★☆☆☆☆
202542.22173 of 374442.0%★★☆☆☆
202446.72391 of 465848.7%★★☆☆☆
202349.32201 of 458852.0%★★★☆☆
202231.73318 of 456127.3%★☆☆☆☆
202160.51485 of 449967.0%★★★☆☆
201965.01238 of 434871.5%★★★★☆
201850.91948 of 430654.8%★★★☆☆

Gifted and Talented

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
20260.83069 of 30750.2%☆☆☆☆☆
202526.92279 of 261913.0%★☆☆☆☆
202343.42161 of 298027.5%★☆☆☆☆
201943.32284 of 318428.3%★☆☆☆☆

Hispanic

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202635.73062 of 441330.6%★★☆☆☆
202545.92000 of 364445.1%★★☆☆☆
202460.71423 of 446568.1%★★★☆☆
202353.11874 of 440157.4%★★★☆☆
202227.83534 of 437619.2%★☆☆☆☆
202156.61539 of 432964.4%★★★☆☆
201969.4898 of 418878.6%★★★★☆
201878.5535 of 416887.2%★★★★☆

Low Socio Economic Status

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202627.13777 of 452016.4%★☆☆☆☆
202533.02746 of 370525.9%★☆☆☆☆
202450.42182 of 459452.5%★★★☆☆
202356.91714 of 452162.1%★★★☆☆
202249.42187 of 447751.2%★★★☆☆
202178.1510 of 445188.5%★★★★☆
201978.0468 of 430989.1%★★★★☆
201871.8787 of 426481.5%★★★★☆

Male

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202630.53414 of 458225.5%★☆☆☆☆
202535.52539 of 373932.1%★★☆☆☆
202462.11472 of 464768.3%★★★☆☆
202362.21467 of 458568.0%★★★☆☆
202257.81718 of 456362.3%★★★☆☆
202176.3830 of 449881.5%★★★★☆
201974.3840 of 435780.7%★★★★☆
201857.71607 of 431962.8%★★★☆☆

Special Education

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202616.64177 of 43012.9%☆☆☆☆☆
202515.63383 of 35494.7%☆☆☆☆☆
202439.22651 of 429238.2%★★☆☆☆
202340.52265 of 408644.6%★★☆☆☆
202217.63782 of 39524.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202157.11072 of 379971.8%★★★★☆
201966.3692 of 368481.2%★★★★☆

White

YearAvg scoreStatewide rankTexas percentileRating
202618.22725 of 30069.3%☆☆☆☆☆
202523.22247 of 261214.0%★☆☆☆☆
202441.01970 of 310836.6%★★☆☆☆
202347.31731 of 310644.3%★★☆☆☆
202233.82275 of 308226.2%★☆☆☆☆
202155.01297 of 308257.9%★★★☆☆
201956.91294 of 314258.8%★★★☆☆
201838.92025 of 312735.2%★★☆☆☆
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)
Hispanic (2026)31st percentile+9 vs school
Male (2026)25th percentile+4 vs school
English Language Learner (2025)22nd percentile-15 vs school
Female (2026)19th percentile~ school
At Risk (2022)17th percentile-31 vs school
Low Socio Economic Status (2026)16th percentile-5 vs school
White (2026)9th percentile-12 vs school
Special Education (2026)3rd percentile-19 vs school
Gifted and Talented (2026)<1st percentile-21 vs school
By subject vs Texas (2025-2026) ?
Reading38%-16 vs state
Mathematics34%-13 vs state

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Students at Wolfe City Elementary are 68% White, 26% Hispanic, 3% Two or more races, 2% African American.

Students who attend Wolfe City Elementary usually go on to attend:

Middle : Wolfe City Middle
High : Wolfe City High School

In the 2024-25 school year, 329 students attended Wolfe City Elementary.

Wolfe City Elementary ranks in the bottom 21.5% of Texas elementary schools.


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2025–26 STAAR, STAAR EOC & STAAR Spanish test scoresJun 12, 2026
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2023–24 dropout rates & graduation ratesSep 17, 2025
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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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