Summary:
In zip code 75462, located in Paris, Texas, there is one elementary school, Chisum Elementary, which serves grades PK through 5 and is part of the Chisum Independent School District (Isd).
Chisum Elementary has a total enrollment of 584 students and a student-teacher ratio of 14.9. The school demonstrates a clear strength in Reading, consistently outperforming the state average across all tested grades (3rd, 4th, and 5th) in both the 2024-2025 and 2025-2026 school years. For example, in the 2025-2026 school year, 5th-grade Reading proficiency was 68.18%, well above the state average. The school also showed a standout performance in 5th-grade Science in 2024-2025, with 40.57% of students proficient, beating the state average by 11 percentage points. The district itself is ranked 200th out of 951 districts in Texas, placing it in the 79th percentile and earning a 4-star rating.
However, the school faces significant challenges in Mathematics. In the 2025-2026 school year, only 3rd-grade Math (31.71% proficient) and 5th-grade Math (44.32% proficient) fell below the state average, with 3rd-grade Math being 12.62 percentage points lower. A major concern is the sharp year-over-year decline in 3rd-grade scores between 2024-2025 and 2025-2026, with Reading dropping 19.08 percentage points and Math dropping 10.46 percentage points. Despite strong Reading and Science results, the school's state ranking has declined from the 72nd percentile to the 65th percentile over three years, likely due to persistent math weaknesses. With per-student spending at $9,806, the school achieves its successes without exceptionally high funding, making the math deficiency an area for targeted improvement.
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