Summary:
Zip code 75442 in Farmersville, TX, is served by two elementary schools within the highly-rated Farmersville Independent School District (Isd), which ranks in the top 29% of Texas districts. Tatum Elementary serves Pre-Kindergarten through 2nd grade (591 students), while Farmersville Intermediate serves 3rd through 6th grade (680 students), creating a clear feeder pattern where all academic test data comes from the intermediate school.
Comparing the two schools, Tatum Elementary has a slightly higher percentage of economically disadvantaged students (58.54% vs. 55.29%) and a larger student-to-teacher ratio (19.2:1 vs. 18.3:1), yet it appears to provide a strong foundation as 3rd-grade scores at Farmersville Intermediate are competitive with state averages. However, a key divergence emerges: between the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 school years, Reading proficiency declined in every grade level (3rd through 6th), while Math proficiency improved in three out of four grades. The most dramatic turnaround was in 4th Grade Math, which jumped from 46.45% to 55.43%, well above the state average of 49.28%.
A critical area of concern is 5th grade, which shows a "STEM wall." While 5th Grade Math improved to 40.61%, it remains the lowest-performing math grade and significantly below the state average of 47.38%. Even more alarming, the 5th Grade Science score of 23.18% is nearly 6.5 points below the already-low state average of 29.57%. This suggests that while Tatum Elementary prepares students well for early basics, Farmersville Intermediate struggles to maintain that momentum as the curriculum becomes more complex, with the school's overall rank sitting at the 54th percentile—solidly average despite the district's strong 4-star rating.
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