Summary:
Zip code 77430 is home to a single elementary school, Damon Elementary, which serves students from Pre-Kindergarten through 8th grade in the Damon Independent School District (Isd), a small rural area with a student body of just 107.
Damon Elementary stands out for its remarkable academic turnaround and high performance despite serving a population where nearly 73% of students are economically disadvantaged. The school jumped from the 34th percentile (2 stars) in 2023-2024 to the 88th percentile (4 stars) in 2025-2026, a 54-percentile-point improvement in just two years. In the most recent testing year, the school significantly outperformed state averages in Reading and Mathematics across nearly all grade levels, with 8th-grade Reading reaching 87.5% proficiency (compared to the state average of 58.69%) and 3rd-grade Math hitting 80% proficiency (versus the state average of 44.33%). This success is supported by an exceptionally low student-to-teacher ratio of 7.6:1 and a per-student spending of $15,082, creating an environment for personalized attention.
While the school excels in core subjects, a clear weakness is 8th-grade Social Studies, where only 12.5% of students scored proficient, well below the state average of 31.69%. Additionally, year-over-year performance can be volatile, as seen in 5th-grade Reading, which dropped to 42.86% in 2024-2025 before rebounding to 66.67% in 2025-2026, suggesting that individual cohorts can heavily influence results. Overall, Damon Elementary offers a strong, improving academic program with targeted areas for growth, making it a compelling option for families in this area.
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