Summary:
The two elementary schools in zip code 75638, serving the Daingerfield-Lone Star Independent School District (Isd) in Daingerfield, TX, are West Elementary (Pre-K through 2nd grade) and South Elementary (3rd through 5th grade), serving a combined 476 students in a high-poverty area where over 84% of students qualify for free or reduced lunch.
South Elementary is the only school with test score data, and the results reveal significant academic challenges. In the 2024-2025 school year, reading proficiency across grades 3-5 ranged from 28% to 40%, while math proficiency was even lower, with only 12.68% of 5th graders meeting standards. The most critical gap is in 5th-grade science, where just 4.23% of students were proficient, compared to the state average of 29.57%. West Elementary has no test scores to compare, but the data suggests foundational skills are not being built effectively in the early grades, as students arrive at South Elementary already far behind. Both schools spend above the national average per student ($11,800 at South, $10,989 at West) and have similar student-teacher ratios of about 14.7:1, indicating that resources alone are not translating into academic success.
The district as a whole is ranked in the 22nd percentile in Texas with a 1-star rating, confirming these are district-wide struggles rather than isolated school issues. Projected scores for 2025-2026 show slight improvements in some areas, such as 3rd-grade math rising from 22% to 36%, but 5th-grade math remains critically low at 17.65%. For parents, the key takeaway is that while both schools invest heavily in their students, the educational pipeline from Pre-K through 5th grade is failing to produce acceptable outcomes, particularly in math and science, and a fundamental overhaul of instruction and support is urgently needed.
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