Summary:
There are five elementary schools in the 75701 zip code of Tyler, Texas, serving grades PK through 5th (with Birdwell School extending through 8th grade), all part of the Tyler Independent School District (Isd), which holds a 3-star rating and ranks in the 51st percentile statewide.
The standout school in this area is Birdwell School, which achieves elite academic results, ranking in the top 2% of Texas elementary schools (98th percentile) with a 5-star rating. This is particularly impressive given that 68.66% of its students qualify for free or reduced lunch, and it maintains a relatively high student-teacher ratio of 18.4. In contrast, Woods Elementary is the largest school with 810 students and performs well, ranking in the 87th percentile with a 4-star rating, while serving the lowest poverty rate in the area at 41.85%. The remaining three schools—Bell Elementary, Clarkston Elementary, and Peete Elementary—struggle significantly, ranking in the bottom 40% of the state with star ratings of 2, 1, and 0 respectively. Notably, these lower-performing schools spend more per student ($10,523 to $10,819) and have smaller class sizes (ratios of 13.9 to 16.4) than the higher-performing schools, suggesting that spending and class size alone do not drive success.
Key takeaways for parents include the "Birdwell Paradox," where a high-poverty school achieves top-tier results, making it a model worth investigating. Peete Elementary is in the most critical state, with 97.14% of students in poverty and alarmingly low 5th-grade science proficiency at 10.91%. Overall, the zip code reveals a stark divide: two schools excel while three face deep challenges, with performance closely tied to socioeconomic factors but not strictly determined by them, as Birdwell proves.
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