Best Public Schools in Zip Code 76487

The three public schools in zip code 76487 serve the rural community of Poolville, Texas, as part of the Poolville Independent School District (Isd), which educates 797 students from pre-kindergarten through 12th grade and holds a 2-star rating from SchoolDigger, placing it slightly below the state average.

Poolville Elementary is the largest school with 422 students and stands out as the district's most consistent performer, maintaining a 2-star or higher rating for three consecutive years. It excels in early math, with 3rd graders outperforming the state average in mathematics proficiency (53.97% vs. 44.33%), though performance fades by 5th grade, where both reading and math scores drop below state averages. Poolville High School is the district's "turnaround" story, jumping from the 24th percentile (1-star) to the 58th percentile (3-star) in one year, and it boasts a perfect 100% graduation rate and 0% dropout rate. However, it struggles with Algebra I, where only 39.13% of students were proficient in 2025-2026, and shows a "barbell" profile with strong scores in Biology (72.34%) and U.S. History (72.55%) but weaker English II Reading (57.78%). Poolville J H is the most challenged school, ranking in the 32nd percentile (2-star), with a critical weakness in middle school math—only 14.29% of 7th graders and 18.46% of 8th graders were proficient in 2025-2026, far below state averages.

The most critical finding is a systemic weakness in mathematics that begins in upper elementary, becomes a crisis in middle school, and persists into high school. Interestingly, the middle school successfully accelerates a select group of students, with 81.25% of 8th graders proficient in Algebra I, far exceeding the state average, yet the general math population struggles. The district benefits from small class sizes (student-teacher ratios from 9.9:1 to 13.1:1) and moderate economic disadvantage (36-43% free/reduced lunch), but the math performance gap is a major challenge that the high school's recent ranking surge and perfect graduation metrics cannot fully mask.