Summary:
Zip code 75964 is served by a single public elementary school, Brooks-Quinn-Jones Elementary, which educates 612 students in grades K-5 within the Nacogdoches Independent School District (Isd).
Brooks-Quinn-Jones Elementary faces significant academic challenges, consistently ranking in the bottom 11% of Texas elementary schools for the past three years. Its 2025-2026 state ranking percentile is the 5th percentile, placing it among the lowest-performing schools in the state. Academic proficiency on STAAR tests is well below state averages across all subjects and grades. For example, only 17.05% of 3rd graders were proficient in math compared to 44.33% statewide, and reading proficiency in 3rd grade was just 21.59%. The school serves a highly economically disadvantaged population, with 93.79% of students eligible for free or reduced lunch, a factor that strongly correlates with lower test scores. The student-teacher ratio is 17.8:1, slightly above the typical elementary target, and per-student spending is $10,722.
Despite these challenges, there are a few notable points. The school's state ranking has shown a slight upward trend, moving from the 5th percentile in 2023-2024 to the 11th percentile in 2025-2026, suggesting recent efforts may be having a small positive impact. Additionally, 5th-grade math proficiency (34.04%) is notably higher than 3rd-grade math (17.05%), indicating a potential area of relative strength in upper elementary math instruction. However, the overall picture remains one of a school facing deep systemic hurdles, where spending per student has not yet translated into high academic outcomes, likely due to the extensive non-academic needs of its student body.
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