Summary:
In zip code 75426, there is one elementary school, Cheatham Elementary, serving grades PK through 5 in Clarksville, Texas, as part of the Clarksville Independent School District (Isd).
Cheatham Elementary serves 258 students and faces significant challenges. The school has ranked in the bottom 1-4% of Texas elementary schools for the past three years, currently sitting at the 0th percentile statewide. Academic proficiency rates are dramatically below state averages: in the 2025-2026 school year, only 15.75% of students were proficient in reading (compared to the state average of 54.2%) and just 10.35% were proficient in math (state average 47.0%). The school also experienced a troubling year-over-year decline, with 3rd grade reading proficiency dropping from 30.95% to just 6.9% in one year. Science performance is particularly weak, with only 7.14% of 5th graders proficient versus 29.57% statewide.
An extremely high 95.74% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch, indicating severe economic disadvantage that strongly correlates with academic challenges. Despite spending $12,379 per student—above the Texas average—the school's outcomes remain among the lowest in the state, suggesting that financial resources alone are insufficient without targeted interventions. The student-teacher ratio is 13.9:1, which is favorable, but the combination of extreme poverty and declining test scores points to a need for holistic support systems beyond standard instruction. For parents, this data indicates that Cheatham Elementary is a school facing profound systemic challenges that require intensive, evidence-based solutions to improve student outcomes.
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