Summary:
The two public schools in zip code 76360, serving the small, rural community of Electra, Texas, are part of the Electra Independent School District (Isd), which ranks in the bottom 20% of Texas districts. Electra Elementary (PK-6) and Electra Junior/Senior High (7-12) together serve just 442 students, offering very small class sizes with student-teacher ratios near 10:1. However, the district faces significant academic challenges, with the elementary school consistently scoring 15-25 percentage points below state averages in reading and math.
A standout finding is the stark performance gap between the two schools. While Electra Elementary struggles, ranking in the 12th-17th percentile statewide, Electra Junior/Senior High shows notable strengths and an upward trend, reaching the 54th percentile in 2024-2025. The high school excels in advanced coursework, outperforming the state average in Algebra I (57% vs. 54%) and U.S. History. It also boasts a strong 87.5% graduation rate and a very low 0.5% dropout rate, with per-student spending of $16,752—significantly higher than the elementary school's $10,679.
Critical areas for concern include a dramatic "7th-grade dip," where only 6% of students were proficient in math and 12.5% in reading in 2025-2026, suggesting the transition to junior high is a major point of failure. Conversely, the elementary school's 5th-grade science scores exceeded the state average (33% vs. 30%) in 2024-2025, a rare bright spot. Despite high spending and excellent student-teacher ratios, Electra Elementary continues to underperform, likely impacted by its high economic disadvantage rate of 73%, compared to 59% at the high school.
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